Gene Review:
PSY2 - phytoene synthase
Solanum lycopersicum
- cDNA cloning, expression during development, and genome mapping of PSY2, a second tomato gene encoding phytoene synthase. Bartley, G.E., Scolnik, P.A. J. Biol. Chem. (1993)
- Evaluation of transgenic tomato plants expressing an additional phytoene synthase in a fruit-specific manner. Fraser, P.D., Romer, S., Shipton, C.A., Mills, P.B., Kiano, J.W., Misawa, N., Drake, R.G., Schuch, W., Bramley, P.M. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2002)
- Production and characterisation of monoclonal antibodies to phytoene synthase of Lycopersicon esculentum. Fraser, P.D., Misawa, N., Sandmann, G., Johnson, J., Schuch, W., Bramley, P.M. Phytochemistry (1998)
- Candidate gene analysis of organ pigmentation loci in the Solanaceae. Thorup, T.A., Tanyolac, B., Livingstone, K.D., Popovsky, S., Paran, I., Jahn, M. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2000)
- A tomato gene expressed during fruit ripening encodes an enzyme of the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway. Bartley, G.E., Viitanen, P.V., Bacot, K.O., Scolnik, P.A. J. Biol. Chem. (1992)
- Why is golden rice golden (yellow) instead of red? Schaub, P., Al-Babili, S., Drake, R., Beyer, P. Plant Physiol. (2005)
- Increases in cell elongation, plastid compartment size and phytoene synthase activity underlie the phenotype of the high pigment-1 mutant of tomato. Cookson, P.J., Kiano, J.W., Shipton, C.A., Fraser, P.D., Romer, S., Schuch, W., Bramley, P.M., Pyke, K.A. Planta (2003)
- Phytoene synthase from tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) chloroplasts--partial purification and biochemical properties. Fraser, P.D., Schuch, W., Bramley, P.M. Planta (2000)