The cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421 uses bacterial-type phytoene desaturase in carotenoid biosynthesis

FEBS Letters

Volumn 579, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2125-2129

  Tsuchiya, Tohru ^a   Takaichi, Shinichi ^b   Misawa, Norihiko ^c   Maoka, Takashi ^d   Miyashita, Hideaki ^a   Mimuro, Mamoru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotenoid biosynthesis; Cyanobacteria, Photosynthesis; Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421; Phytoene desaturase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; ECHINENONE; FUCOSE; OSCILLOL 2,2 BIS(ALPHA FUCOSIDE); PHYTOENE DESATURASE CRTI; PHYTOENE DESATURASE CRTO; PHYTOENE DESATURASE CRTP; PHYTOENE DESATURASE CRTQ; PHYTOENE DESATURASE CRTW; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GLOEOBACTER VIOLACEUS; IN VIVO CULTURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; GLOEOBACTER; GLOEOBACTER VIOLACEUS PCC 7421;

EID: 16344384204     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.02.066     Document Type: Article

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