Types | DnaRegion
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Roles | Coding
CDS
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Sequences | BBa_I742118_sequence (Version 1)
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Description
crtZ encodes a beta-carotene hydroxylase
Converts B-carotene into zeaxanthin (yellow pigment)
Part of the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway
Notes
Ensured amplified gene contained native ribosome binding 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)
from Pantoea ananatis (formerly Erwinia uredovora) DSMZ 30080 (ATCC 19321).
Accession: D90087