Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 CruA (sll0147) encodes lycopene cyclase and requires bound chlorophyll a for activity

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 267-280

  Xiong, Wei ^a   Shen, Gaozhong ^a   Bryant, Donald A ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenogenesis; Carotenoids; Chlorophyll; Lycopene cyclase; Photosynthesis; Carotene

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; ISOMERASE; LYCOPENE; LYCOPENE CYCLASE-ISOMERASE; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 84991107205     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: 15735079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-016-0316-0     Document Type: Article

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