Carotenogenesis gene cluster and phytoene desaturase catalyzing both three- and four-step desaturations from Rhodobacter azotoformans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-145

  Zhang, Jinhua ^a   Lu, Lili ^a   Yin, Lijie ^a   Xie, Shen ^a   Xiao, M ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carotenogenesis gene cluster; Lycopene; Neurosporene; Phytoene desaturase; Rhodobacter azotoformans

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; LYCOPENE; NEUROSPORENE; PHYTOENE DESATURASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CRTA GENE; CRTB GENE; CRTC GENE; CRTD GENE; CRTE GENE; CRTF GENE; CRTI GENE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHODOBACTER AZOTOFORMANS; TSPO GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAROTENOIDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER AZOTOFORMANS;

EID: 84864126029     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02604.x     Document Type: Letter

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