ζ-Carotene cis isomers as products and substrates in the plant poly-cis carotenoid biosynthetic pathway to lycopene

Planta

Volumn 220, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 785-793

  Breitenbach, Jürgen ^a   Sandmann, Gerhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotene desaturase; Carotene isomers; Capsicum; Gentiana; Phytoene desaturase; Poly cis carotenoids

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; ISOMERIZATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ELUCIDATION; PHOTO(ISOMERIZATION); PHYTOENE; PHYTOFLUENE;

ISOMERS;

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; NEUROSPORENE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE; PHYTOFLUENE; ZETA CAROTENE; ZETA CAROTENE DESATURASE; ZETA-CAROTENE DESATURASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FRUIT; ISOMERISM; METABOLISM; PEPPER; PLANT LEAF; TOMATO;

BETA CAROTENE; CAPSICUM; CAROTENOIDS; FRUIT; ISOMERISM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT LEAVES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ZETA CAROTENE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS; PLANTS;

CAPSICUM; GENTIANA; TETRACIS;

EID: 15444380977     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-004-1395-2     Document Type: Article

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