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Characterization of a gene in the car cluster of Fusarium fujikuroi that codes for a protein of the carotenoid oxygenase family.
Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG - 1 Oct 2005
Thewes S, Prado-Cabrero A, Prado M M, Tudzynski B, Avalos J
Abstract excerpt
The ascomycete Fusarium fujikuroi produces carotenoids by means of the enzymes encoded by three car genes. The enzymes encoded by carRA and carB are responsible of the synthesis of beta-carotene and torulene, respectively, while the product encoded by carT cleaves torulene to produce the acidic xanthophyll neurosporaxanthin. carRA and carB are found in a cluster with a third gene, carO, which codes for an...
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