Functional characterization of the Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase and geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase encoding genes that are involved in the synthesis of isoprenoid precursors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Alcaíno, Jennifer ^a   Romero, Ignacio ^a   Niklitschek, Mauricio ^a   Sepúlveda, Dionisia ^a   Rojas, María Cecilia ^a   Baeza, Marcelo ^a   Cifuentes, Víctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CAROTENOID; DIMETHYLALLYLPYROPHOSPHATE; FARNESYL PYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; ISOPRENOID; PYROPHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ASTAXANTHIN; FARNESYL DIPHOSPHATE; GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; ISOPRENOID PHOSPHATE; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; SESQUITERPENE; STEROL; XANTHOPHYLL;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRTE GENE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FPS GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS; YEAST; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PLASMID; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BINDING SITES; CARBON; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GERANYLGERANYL-DIPHOSPHATE GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE; GERANYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SESQUITERPENES; STEROLS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84900439259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096626     Document Type: Article

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