A carotenogenic gene cluster exists on a large plasmid in Thermus thermophilus.

doi:10.1016/0014-5793(94)80466-4

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A carotenogenic gene cluster exists on a large plasmid in Thermus thermophilus.

FEBS letters - 21 Mar 1994

Tabata K, Ishida S, Nakahara T, Hoshino T

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In Thermus thermophilus HB27, the crtB gene encoding phytoene synthase was found to exist on the large plasmid, pTT27. One of the carotenoid under-producing mutants, Crt31, carried a derivative of pTT27 (pTT27') in which deletion and inversion were observed near the crtB gene. T. thermophilus HB8...

Topics

Alkyl and Aryl Transferases
Carotenoids
Gene Deletion
Gene Rearrangement
Genes, Bacterial
Geranylgeranyl-Diphosphate Geranylgeranyltransferase
Multigene Family
Mutation
Plasmids
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Thermus thermophilus
Transferases

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