Cooperation of two carotene desaturases in the production of lycopene in Myxococcus xanthus

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 4306-4314

  Iniesta, Antonio A ^a,b   Cervantes, María ^b   Murillo, Francisco J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotenes; CrtI; Dehydrogenation; Isomerization; Phytoene

Indexed keywords

CAROTENE; DEHYDROGENATE PHYTOENE; GERANYLGERANIOL; ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PHYTOFLUENE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DEHYDROGENATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; GENETIC CODE; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAROTENOIDS; ISOENZYMES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; OPERON; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

EID: 34547816085     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05960.x     Document Type: Article

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