The cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 has two distinct β-carotene ketolases: CrtO for echinenone and CrtW for ketomyxol synthesis

FEBS Letters

Volumn 579, Issue 27, 2005, Pages 6111-6114

  Mochimaru, Mari ^a   Masukawa, Hajime ^b   Takaichi, Shinichi ^c  

^a KOMAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotene ketolase; Anabaena sp. PCC 7120; Carotenoid; crtO; crtW; Cyanobacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE KETOLASE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; ECHINENONE; KETOMYXOL 2' FUCOSIDE; MYXOL 2' FUCOSIDE; PROTEIN CRTO; PROTEIN CRTW; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSIDES; NOSTOC; OXYGENASES;

ANABAENA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120;

EID: 27544453014     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.09.081     Document Type: Article

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