Carotenoid biosynthesis in microorganisms and plants

作者：Gerhard Sandmann · 发表于：European Journal of Biochemistry · 年份：1994 · DOI：10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.tb18961.x · 被引用次数：287 · 研究领域：Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms、Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress、Algal biology and biofuel production

CONTENTS. Carotenogenic in vitro systems – Strategies for the cloning of carotenogenic genes – Enzymology and molecular genetics of the reactions leading to cyclic carotenoids– Synthesis of GGPP – Phytoene synthesis – Desaturation sequence of phytoene to lycopene –Mechanism – Isomerization – Genes and phylogenetic relationship – Enzyme purification – Localization – Regulation of the pathway and modulation of activity – Developmental and physiological regulation– Lycopene cyclization – Formation of xanthophylls derived from cyclic carotenoids –Hydroxy carotenoids – Keto carotenoids – Epoxy carotenoids–Formation of acyclic xanthophylls in Rhodobacter– Conclusion and outlook