Opposite chilarity of α-carotene in unusual cyanobacteria with unique chlorophylls, acaryochloris and prochlorococcus

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1881-1888

  Takaichi, Shinichi ^a   Mochimaru, Mari ^b   Uchida, Hiroko ^c   Murakami, Akio ^c   Hirose, Euichi ^d   Maoka, Takashi ^e   Tsuchiya, Tohru ^f   Mimuro, Mamoru ^f  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KOMAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotene; Acaryochloris; Carotenoid; Chirality; Prochlorococcus

Indexed keywords

ACARYOCHLORIS; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROCHLORON; PROCHLOROTHRIX; PROKARYOTA;

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA-CAROTENE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE-ISOMERASE; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPEN READING FRAME; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84869190015     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs126     Document Type: Article

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