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Differential expression of two isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerases and enhanced carotenoid accumulation in a unicellular chlorophyte.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Sept 1998
Sun Z, Cunningham F X, Gantt E
Abstract excerpt
The enzyme isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) isomerase catalyzes the reversible isomerization of IPP to produce dimethylallyl pyrophosphate, the initial substrate leading to the biosynthesis of carotenoids and many other long-chain isoprenoids. Expression of IPP isomerase, and of two enzymes specific to the carotenoid pathway (lycopene beta-cyclase and beta-carotene-C-4-oxygenase), was followed in the green...
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