Biosynthetic pathway for γ-cyclic sarcinaxanthin in Micrococcus luteus: Heterologous expression and evidence for diverse and multiple catalytic functions of C50 carotenoid cyclases

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 5688-5699

  Netzer, Roman ^a   Stafsnes, Marit H ^b   Andreassen, Trygve ^b   Goksøyr, Audun ^c   Bruheim, Per ^b   Brautaset, Trygve ^a  

^a SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Promar AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CAROTENOID; DECAPRENOXANTHIN; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; FLAVUXANTHIN; GENE PRODUCT; LYCOPENE; NONAFLAVUXANTHIN; SARCINAXANTHIN; SARCINAXANTHIN DIGLUCOSIDE; SARCINAXANTHIN MONOGLUCOSIDE; SARPRENOXANTHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATALYST; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRY WEIGHT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; HETERONUCLEAR MULTIPLE BOND CORRELATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYBRID GENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAROTENOIDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 78049399996     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00724-10     Document Type: Article

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