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1711042

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
18
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-7-24
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Carotenoids are essential constituents of the light-harvesting and light-protective systems of photosynthetic organisms. The biochemistry of carotenoid biosynthesis in eukaryotes is known, whereas evidence for the genes specifying this biosynthetic pathway is scant. We report here the nucleotide sequence and expression of a gene likely encoding crtE (prephytoene pyrophosphate dehydrogenase). The reaction product of this enzyme is phytoene, a C40 carotenoid precursor common to all organisms. The gene is found in the cyanelle (plastid) DNA of an eukaryotic alga, Cyanophora paradoxa. The expression into protein of cyanelle crtE has been demonstrated in vitro. The identity and similarity scores of CrtE from cyanelles with the corresponding protein from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus are 28.6 and 68.5%, respectively.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
266
pubmed:geneSymbol
crtE, trnS<down>UGA</down>
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11866-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1711042-Alkyl and Aryl Transferases, pubmed-meshheading:1711042-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1711042-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1711042-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:1711042-Eukaryota, pubmed-meshheading:1711042-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:1711042-Geranylgeranyl-Diphosphate Geranylgeranyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:1711042-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1711042-Nucleic Acid Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:1711042-Open Reading Frames, pubmed-meshheading:1711042-Organelles, pubmed-meshheading:1711042-Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:1711042-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:1711042-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:1711042-Rhodobacter capsulatus, pubmed-meshheading:1711042-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:1711042-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
An ORF323 with homology to crtE, specifying prephytoene pyrophosphate dehydrogenase, is encoded by cyanelle DNA in the eukaryotic alga Cyanophora paradoxa.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't