Astaxanthin
Functional expression of the astaxanthin biosynthesis genes from a marine bacterium, Paracoccus haeundaensis.
Lee JH, Kim YT.
Department of Microbiology, Pukyong National University, Busan, 608-737, South Korea, ytkim@pknu.ac.kr.
The astaxanthin biosynthesis gene cluster in Paracoccus haeundaensis consists of six genes: crtW, crtZ, crtY, crtI, crtB, and crtE contain 726, 486, 1158, 1503, 912, and 879 base pairs, respectively. Individual carotenoid biosynthesis genes of P. haeundaensis have now been expressed in E. coli and each gene product has been purified to homogeneity. Their molecular characteristics, including enzymatic activities, are reported here.
PMID: 16799760 [PubMed - in process]
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