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Cloning and functional expression in Escherichia coli of a cyanobacterial gene for lycopene cyclase, the enzyme that catalyzes the biosynthesis of beta-carotene.
FEBS letters - 9 Aug 1993
Cunningham F X, Chamovitz D, Misawa N, Gantt E, Hirschberg J
Abstract excerpt
Carotenoids with cyclic end groups are essential components of the photosynthetic membrane in all known oxygenic photosynthetic organisms. These yellow pigments serve the vital role of protecting against potentially lethal photo-oxidative damage. Many of the enzymes and genes of the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway in cyanobacteria, algae and plants remain to be isolated or identified. We have cloned a...
Topics
- Carotenoids
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cyanobacteria
- DNA, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Escherichia coli
- Ethylamines
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Intramolecular Lyases
- Isomerases
- Lycopene
- Mutation
- Plasmids