Functional characterization of various algal carotenoid ketolases reveals that ketolating zeaxanthin efficiently is essential for high production of astaxanthin in transgenic Arabidopsis

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3659-3669

  Zhong, Yu Juan ^a   Huang, Jun Chao ^a   Liu, Jin ^a   Li, Yin ^b   Jiang, Yue ^c   Xu, Zeng Fu ^d   Sandmann, Gerhard ^e   Chen, Feng ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

carotene ketolase; Arabidopsis thaliana; astaxanthin; carotenoid; Haematococcus pluvialis

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE KETOLASE; BETA-CAROTENE KETOLASE; OXYGENASE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGENASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; XANTHOPHYLLS;

'CHLORELLA' ZOFINGIENSIS; ALGAE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS;

EID: 79960220136     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err070     Document Type: Article

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