TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular genetics of the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway in plants and algae
AU - Hirschberg, Joseph
AU - Cohen, Merav
AU - Harker, Mark
AU - Lotan, Tamar
AU - Mann, Varda
AU - Pecker, Iris
PY - 1997/10
Y1 - 1997/10
N2 - During recent years genes for more than 20 different carotenogenic enzymes have been cloned from various organisms: bacteria, cyanobacteria, fungi, algae and plants. This accomplishment has provided new molecular tools to study the enzymes and yielded new information on their structure, function and regulation. We describe here the recent progress in the molecular genetics of the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway in plants. To date, the genes for almost all the enzymes, from the early steps of the isoprenoid pathway to the predominant xanthophylls, have been cloned. Their characterization had an immense impact on our understanding of carotenoid biosynthesis at the molecular level.
AB - During recent years genes for more than 20 different carotenogenic enzymes have been cloned from various organisms: bacteria, cyanobacteria, fungi, algae and plants. This accomplishment has provided new molecular tools to study the enzymes and yielded new information on their structure, function and regulation. We describe here the recent progress in the molecular genetics of the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway in plants. To date, the genes for almost all the enzymes, from the early steps of the isoprenoid pathway to the predominant xanthophylls, have been cloned. Their characterization had an immense impact on our understanding of carotenoid biosynthesis at the molecular level.
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U2 - 10.1351/pac199769102151
DO - 10.1351/pac199769102151
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AN - SCOPUS:0000139417
SN - 0033-4545
VL - 69
SP - 2151
EP - 2158
JO - Pure and Applied Chemistry
JF - Pure and Applied Chemistry
IS - 10
ER -