The carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase CCD2 catalysing the synthesis of crocetin in spring crocuses and saffron is a plastidial enzyme

New Phytologist

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 650-663

  Ahrazem, Oussama ^a,b   Rubio Moraga, Angela ^a   Berman, Judit ^c   Capell, Teresa ^c   Christou, Paul ^c,d   Zhu, Changfu ^c   Gómez Gómez, Lourdes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Recursos Humanos para la Ciencia y la Tecnología INCRECYT FEDER   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases; Chromoplast; Crocetin; Crocus; Saffron

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CATALYSIS; COLOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLITE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MONOCOTYLEDON; PIGMENT; PLASTID; RICE;

CROCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CAROTENOID; CROCETIN; DIOXYGENASE; PLANT PROTEIN; ZEAXANTHIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CROCUS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; ORYZA; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMED CELL LINE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CAROTENOIDS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROCUS; DIOXYGENASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ORYZA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO; ZEAXANTHINS;

EID: 84955188892     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13609     Document Type: Article

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