Analysis of an essential carotenogenic enzyme: ζ-carotene desaturase from unicellular alga dunaliella salina

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 11477-11482

  Ye, Zhi Wei ^a   Jiang, Jian Guo ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

carotene desaturase; algae; carotenogenic pathway; carotenoids; Dunaliella salina

Indexed keywords

BASE PAIRS; CAROTENOGENIC PATHWAY; CAROTENOID ACCUMULATION; CAROTENOIDS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DESATURASE; DUNALIELLA; DUNALIELLA SALINA; FULL-LENGTH CDNA; GREEN ALGA; HIGHER PLANTS; MODEL ORGANISMS; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PUTATIVE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE IDENTITY; UNICELLULAR ALGA;

ALGAE; AMINO ACIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA SEQUENCES; ENZYMES; GALLIUM ALLOYS;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CAROTENOID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; ZETA CAROTENE DESATURASE; ZETA-CAROTENE DESATURASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYTA; CHLOROPLASTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA; DUNALIELLA SALINA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 78149292791     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf102885n     Document Type: Article

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