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Analysis of al-2 mutations in Neurospora.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Díaz-Sánchez Violeta, Estrada Alejandro F, Trautmann Danika, Limón M Carmen, Al-Babili Salim, Avalos Javier
Abstract excerpt
The orange pigmentation of the fungus Neurospora crassa is due to the accumulation of the xanthophyll neurosporaxanthin and precursor carotenoids. Two key reactions in the synthesis of these pigments, the formation of phytoene from geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate and the introduction of β cycles in desaturated carotenoid products, are catalyzed by two domains of a bifunctional protein, encoded by the gene al-2. We...
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