Gene Review:
crtL - lycopene cyclase
Synechococcus elongatus PCC 6301
- Molecular structure and enzymatic function of lycopene cyclase from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp strain PCC7942. Cunningham, F.X., Sun, Z., Chamovitz, D., Hirschberg, J., Gantt, E. Plant Cell (1994)
- Cloning and functional expression in Escherichia coli of a cyanobacterial gene for lycopene cyclase, the enzyme that catalyzes the biosynthesis of beta-carotene. Cunningham, F.X., Chamovitz, D., Misawa, N., Gantt, E., Hirschberg, J. FEBS Lett. (1993)
- Functional complementation in Escherichia coli of different phytoene desaturase genes and analysis of accumulated carotenes. Linden, H., Misawa, N., Chamovitz, D., Pecker, I., Hirschberg, J., Sandmann, G. Z. Naturforsch., C, J. Biosci. (1991)