Characterization and Functional Identification of a Gene Encoding Geranylgeranyl Diphosphate Synthase from Dunaliella bardawil

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 7805-7812

  Liang, Ming Hua ^a   Liang, Ying Jie ^a   Jin, Hong Hao ^a   Jiang, Jian Guo ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

carotenoids; Dunaliella bardawil; functional expression; geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase)

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PIGMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CAROTENOIDS; DUNALIELLA BARDAWIL; FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL IDENTIFICATION; GERANYLGERANYL DIPHOSPHATE; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; RAPID AMPLIFICATION OF CDNA ENDS; SYNTHASES;

GENE ENCODING;

FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROPHYTA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FARNESYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84941079524     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b02732     Document Type: Article

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