Multiple ketolases involved in light regulation of canthaxanthin biosynthesis in Nostoc punctiforme PCC 73102

Planta

Volumn 237, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1279-1285

  Schöpf, Lotte ^a   Mautz, Jürgen ^a   Sandmann, Gerhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canthaxanthin synthesis; Carotenoid composition; Cyanobacteria; High light stress; Transcriptional regulation; Carotene ketolases

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME PCC 73102;

BETA CAROTENE KETOLASE; BETA-CAROTENE KETOLASE; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; OXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; NOSTOC; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOIDS; LIGHT; NOSTOC; OXYGENASES;

EID: 84876712784     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-013-1846-8     Document Type: Article

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