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Entry
CB000005                                                            

Name
Bacterial type lycopene biosynthesis pathway (pathway of bacteria, fungi)
Source organisms  
Bacteria and fungus (Erwinia, Rhodobacter species and Neurospora crassa)
Starting material
CA00189: Prephytoene pyrophosphate (diphosphate)
Final product
CA00043: Lycopene
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References
  • Ref.544 : Yongliang Liu, Shaohua Zeng, Wei Sun, Min Wu, Weiming Hu, Xiaofei Shen and Ying Wang, BMC Plant Biology201414:269, DOI: 10.1186/s12870-014-0269-4, PMID: 25511605, "Comparative analysis of carotenoid accumulation in two goji (Lycium barbarum L. and L. ruthenicum Murr.) fruits."
  • Ref.526 : Takaichi S., Mar. Drugs 2011, 9, 1101-1118; "Carotenoids in Algae: Distributions, Biosyntheses and Functions", doi:10.3390/md9061101
  • Ref.621 : Ying Yang, Rie Yatsunami, Ai Ando, Nobuhiro Miyoko, Toshiaki Fukui, Shinichi Takaichi, Satoshi Nakamura, "Complete Biosynthetic Pathway of the C50 Carotenoid Bacterioruberin from Lycopene in the Extremely Halophilic Archaeon Haloarcula japonica", Journal of Bacteriology, May 2015 Volume 197 Number 9
  • Ref.637 : Akos T. Kovacs, Ga´bor Rakhely, and Kornel L. Kovacs, APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, June 2003, p. 3093–3102, "Genes Involved in the Biosynthesis of Photosynthetic Pigments in the Purple Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicina", DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.6.3093–3102.2003
  • Ref.639 : Harada J, Nagashima KV, Takaichi S, Misawa N, Matsuura K, Shimada K., Plant Cell Physiol. 2001 Oct;42(10):1112-8., "Phytoene desaturase, CrtI, of the purple photosynthetic bacterium, Rubrivivax gelatinosus, produces both neurosporene and lycopene."
  • Ref.640 : Chia-wei Wang and James C. Liao, THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, Vol. 276, No. 44, Issue of November 2, pp. 41161–41164, 2001,"Alteration of Product Specificity of Rhodobacter sphaeroides Phytoene Desaturase by Directed Evolution"
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