Identification of an alternative translation initiation site for the Pantoea ananatis lycopene cyclase (crtY) gene in E. coli and its evolutionary conservation

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-31

  Kim, Sung Woo ^a,b   Jung, Woo Hyuk ^a   Ryu, Ji Myung ^a   Kim, Jae Bum ^a   Jang, Hyung Wook ^a   Jo, Young Bae ^a   Jung, Joon Ki ^a   Kim, Jung Hoe ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alternative translation; GTG start codon; Lycopene cyclase; Pantoea ananatis; Translational reinitiation

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE-ISOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANTOEA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; START CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CAROTENOIDS; CODON, INITIATOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PANTOEA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PANTOEA; PANTOEA ANANATIS;

EID: 38349119965     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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