Structural and kinetics properties of a mutated phytoene desaturase from Rubrivivax gelatinosus with modified product specificity.

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The phytoene desaturase CrtI from Rubrivivax gelatinosus catalyzes simultaneously a three- and four-step desaturation producing both neurosporene and lycopene. These carotenes are intermediates for the synthesis of spheroidene and spirilloxanthin, respectively. Two different mutation libraries for the crtI gene from R. gelatinosus were constructed to screen for modified enzymes which synthesize almost exclusively...

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