Article
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 specif...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Carbon-Carbon Double Bond Isomerases
- Carotenoids
- Chlorophyll
- Chlorophyta
- Cloning, Molecular
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Hemiterpenes
- Intramolecular Lyases
- Isoenzymes
- Light
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis
- Mutation
- Organophosphorus Compounds
- Pigments, Biological
- RNA, Messenger