2,2′-β-hydroxylase (CrtG) is involved in carotenogenesis of both nostoxanthin and 2-hydroxymyxol 2′-fucoside in Thermosynechococcus elongatus strain BP-1

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1678-1687

  Iwai, Masako ^a   Maoka, Takashi ^b   Ikeuchi, Masahiko ^c   Takaichi, Shinichi ^d  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotenogenesis; Carotenoid; crtG; Cyanobacterium; Nostoxanthin; Thermosynechococcus elongatus

Indexed keywords

BREVUNDIMONAS; CYANOBACTERIA; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS BP-1;

2 HYDROXYMYXOL 2' FUCOSIDE; 2-HYDROXYMYXOL-2'-FUCOSIDE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FUCOSE; GLYCOSIDE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; MYXOL; NOSTOXANTHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FUCOSE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSIDES; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MUTATION; STEREOISOMERISM; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 56449121213     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcn142     Document Type: Article

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