Construction of carotenoid biosynthetic pathways using squalene synthase

FEBS Letters

Volumn 588, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 436-442

  Furubayashi, Maiko ^a   Li, Ling ^a   Katabami, Akinori ^a   Saito, Kyoichi ^a   Umeno, Daisuke ^a,b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Chimeric pathway; Desaturase; Lycopersene; Squalene

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; DEHYDROSQUALENE DESATURASE; DIAPOLYCOPENE; DIAPONEUROSPORENE; OXYGENASE; SQUALENE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CAROTENOID; CHIMERIC PATHWAY; CRTB; CRTI; CRTM; CRTN; DEHYDROSQUALENE DESATURASE; DEHYDROSQUALENE SYNTHASE; DESATURASE; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; FPP; GERANYLGERANYL DIPHOSPHATE; GGPP; HSQS; HUMAN SQUALENE SYNTHASE; LYCOPERSENE; PHYTOENE DESATURASE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PRESQUALENE DIPHOSPHATE; PSPP; SQS; SQUALENE; SQUALENE SYNTHASE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAROTENOIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FARNESYL-DIPHOSPHATE FARNESYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84892789438     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.12.003     Document Type: Article

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