Types | DnaRegion
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Roles | CDS
Coding
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Sequences | BBa_I742116_sequence (Version 1)
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Description
CrtE encodes geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase
Enzyme converts two farnesyl diphosphate molecules into geranylgeranyl diphosphate
Part of the carotenoid synthesis pathway
Notes
Ensured gene contained ribosome binding site by designing primers to include the site
Source
Diversity of Carotenoid Synthesis Gene Clusters from Environmental Enterobacteriaceae Strains, N Sedkova, APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 71(12): 8141???8146 (2005)
Elucidation of Pathway the Erwinia uredovora Carotenoid Biosynthetic by Functional Analysis of Gene Products Expressed in Escherichia coli, N Misawa, et al, JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 172(12): 6704-6712 (1990)
Pantoea ananatis (formerly Erwinia uredovora) DSMZ 30080 (ATCC 19321).
Accession: D90087