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Entry
CB000004                                                            
Name
Plant type lycopene biosynthesis pathway (pathway of cyanobacteria, green sulfur bacteria and higher plants)
Source organisms  
Cyanobacterium, algae, green sulfur bacterium and higher plants (Chlorobium tepidum, Arabidopsis and tomato)
Starting material
CA00189: Prephytoene pyrophosphate (diphosphate)
Final product
CA00043: Lycopene
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References
  • Ref.274 : Shinichi Takaichi, Mari Mochimaru, Hiroko Uchida, Akio Murakami, Euichi Hirose, Takashi Maoka, Tohru Tsuchiya, and Mamoru Mimuro, Plant Cell Physiol. 53(11): 1881–1888 (2012) doi:10.1093/pcp/pcs126, "Opposite Chilarity of a-Carotene in Unusual Cyanobacteria with Unique Chlorophylls, Acaryochloris and Prochlorococcus"
  • Ref.526 : Takaichi S., Mar. Drugs 2011, 9, 1101-1118; "Carotenoids in Algae: Distributions, Biosyntheses and Functions", doi:10.3390/md9061101
  • Ref.638 : Chengwei Liang, Fangqing Zhao, Wei Wei, Zhangxiao Wen, Song Qin, International Journal of Biological Sciences "Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Cyanobacteria: Structural and Evolutionary Scenarios Based on Comparative Genomics", ISSN 1449-2288 www.biolsci.org 2006 2(4):197-2070
  • Ref.641 : Breitenbach J1, Fernández-González B, Vioque A, Sandmann G., Plant Mol Biol. 1998 Mar;36(5):725-32., "A higher-plant type zeta-carotene desaturase in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803."
  • Ref.636 : Niels-Ulrik Frigaard, Julia A. Maresca, Colleen E. Yunker, A. Daniel Jones, and Donald A. Bryant, J Bacteriol. 2004 Aug; 186(16): 5210–5220., "Genetic Manipulation of Carotenoid Biosynthesis in the Green Sulfur Bacterium Chlorobium tepidum", doi: 10.1128/JB.186.16.5210-5220.2004
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