Cloning and characterization of the zeaxanthin glucosyltransferase gene (crtX) from the astaxanthin-producing marine bacterium, Paracoccus haeundaensis

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1542-1546

  Seo, Yong Bae ^a   Choi, Seong Seok ^a   Nam, Soo Wan ^b   Lee, Jae Hyung ^a   Kim, Young Tae ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; crtX gene; Parcoccus haeundaensis; Zeaxanthin; Zeaxanthin glucosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEAXANTHIN; ZEAXANTHIN DIGLUCOSIDE; ZEAXANTHIN GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACOCCUS; PARACOCCUS HAEUNDAENSIS;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSIDES; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARACOCCUS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; XANTHOPHYLLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PARACOCCUS HAEUNDAENSIS;

EID: 74749089787     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.0904.04033     Document Type: Article

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