Types | DnaRegion
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Roles | Coding
CDS
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Sequences | BBa_I742117_sequence (Version 1)
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Description
CrtY encodes a lycopene cyclase
Converts lycopene to B-carotene
B-carotene is used as an orange pigment and is a vitamin A precursor
Notes
Ensured amplified gene contained native ribosome binding site
Source
from Pantoea ananatis (formerly Erwinia uredovora) DSMZ 30080 (ATCC 19321).
Accession: D90087
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)