Complete separation of the beta,epsilon- and beta,beta-carotenoid biosynthetic pathways by a unique mutation of the lycopene cyclase in the green alga, Scenedesmus obliquus.

doi:10.1016/0014-5793(95)00510-g

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Complete separation of the beta,epsilon- and beta,beta-carotenoid biosynthetic pathways by a unique mutation of the lycopene cyclase in the green alga, Scenedesmus obliquus.

FEBS letters - 26 Jun 1995

Bishop N I, Urbig T, Senger H

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The mutant, C-2A'-34, lacks the beta, epsilon-carotenoids, alpha-carotene, lutein and loroxanthin. When grown under heterotrophic or mixotropic conditions this strain develops significantly higher levels of beta-carotene and violaxanthin than does the original developmental mutant of Scenedesmus,...

Topics

Carotenoids
Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll A
Chlorophyta
Intramolecular Lyases
Isomerases
Light
Light-Harvesting Protein Complexes
Mutation
Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins

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