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Maresca, J. A., Graham, J. E., Wu, M., Eisen, J. A., & Bryant, D. A. (2007). Identification of a fourth
family of lycopene cyclases in photosynthetic bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences of the United States of America, 104, 11784–11789.
Martínez-Férez, I. M., & Vioque, A. (1992). Nucleotide sequence of the phytoene desaturase gene
from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and characterization of a new mutation which confers resistance
to the herbicide norflurazon. Plant Molecular Biology, 18, 981–983.
Martínez-Férez, I., Fernández-González, B., Sandmann, G., & Vioque, A. (1994). Cloning and
expression in Escherichia coli of the gene coding for phytoene synthase from the cyanobacterium
Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1218, 145–152.
Masamoto, K., Misawa, N., Kaneko, T., Kikuno, R., & Toh, H. (1998). β-Carotene hydroxylase gene
from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. Plant and Cell Physiology, 39, 560–564.
Masamoto, K., Wada, H., Kaneko, T., & Takaichi, S. (2001). Identification of a gene required for
cis-to-trans carotene isomerization in carotenogenesis of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp.
PCC 6803. Plant and Cell Physiology, 42, 1398–1402.
McCarthy, S. S., Kobayashi, M. C., & Niyogi, K. K. (2004). White mutants of Chlamydomonas
reinhardtii are defective in phytoene synthase. Genetics, 168, 1249–1257.
Misawa, N., Nakagawa, M., Kobayashi, K., Yamano, S., Izawa, Y., Nakamura, K., et al. (1990).
Elucidation of the Erwinia uredovora carotenoid biosynthetic pathway by functional analysis of
gene products expressed in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology, 172, 6704–6712.
Miziorko, H. M. (2011). Enzymes of the mevalonate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis. Archives
of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 505, 131–143.
Mochimaru, M., Msukawa, H., & Takaichi, S. (2005). The cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
has two distinct β-carotene ketolase: CrtO for echinenone and CrtW for ketomyxol synthesis.
FEBS Letters, 579, 6111–6114.
Mochimaru, M., Masukawa, H., Maoka, T., Mohamed, H. E., Vermaas, W. F. J., & Takaichi, S.
(2008). Substrate specificities and availability of fucosyltransferase and β-carotene hydroxylase
for myxol 2 -fucoside synthesis in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 compared with Synechocystis
sp. strain PCC 6803. Journal of Bacteriology, 190, 6726–6733.
Ohto, C., Ishida, C., Nakane, H., Muramatsu, M., Nishino, T., & Obata, S. (1999). A thermophilic
cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus has three different Class I prenyltransferase genes.
Plant Molecular Biology, 40, 307–321.
Petersen, J., Brinkmann, H., Bunk, B., Michael, V., Päuker, O., & Pradella, S. (2012). Think pink:
photosynthesis, plasmids and the Roseobacter clade. Environmental Microbiology, 14, 2661–
2627.
Ramos, A., Coesel, S., Marques, A., Rodrigues, M., Baumgartner, A., Noronha, J., et al. (2008).
Isolation and characterization of a stress-inducible Dunaliella salina Lyc-β gene encoding a
functional lycopene β-cyclase. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 79, 819–828.
Rowan, K. S. (1989). Photosynthetic pigments of algae. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University
Press.
Sandmann, G. (1994). Carotenoid biosynthesis in microorganisms and plants. European Journal of
Biochemistry, 223, 7–24.
Sandmann, G. (2002). Molecular evolution of carotenoid biosynthesis from bacteria to plants.
Physiologia Plantarum, 116, 431–440.
Schneider, C., Böger, P., & Sandmann, G. (1997). Phytoene desaturase: heterologous expression in
an active state, purification, and biochemical properties. Protein Expression and Purification, 10,
175–179.
Steiger, S., & Sandmann, G. (2004). Cloning of two carotenoid ketolase genes from Nostoc punctiforme for the heterologous production of canthaxanthin and astaxanthin. Biotechnology Letters,
26, 813–817.
Steiger, S., Jackisch, Y., & Sandmann, G. (2005). Carotenoid biosynthesis in Gloeobacter violaceus
PCC4721 involves a single crtI-type phytoene desaturase instead of typical cyanobacterial
enzymes. Archives of Microbiology, 184, 207–214.
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Maresca, J. A., Graham, J. E., Wu, M., Eisen, J. A., & Bryant, D. A. (2007). Identification of a fourth
family of lycopene cyclases in photosynthetic bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences of the United States of America, 104, 11784–11789.
Martínez-Férez, I. M., & Vioque, A. (1992). Nucleotide sequence of the phytoene desaturase gene
from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and characterization of a new mutation which confers resistance
to the herbicide norflurazon. Plant Molecular Biology, 18, 981–983.
Martínez-Férez, I., Fernández-González, B., Sandmann, G., & Vioque, A. (1994). Cloning and
expression in Escherichia coli of the gene coding for phytoene synthase from the cyanobacterium
Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1218, 145–152.
Masamoto, K., Misawa, N., Kaneko, T., Kikuno, R., & Toh, H. (1998). β-Carotene hydroxylase gene
from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. Plant and Cell Physiology, 39, 560–564.
Masamoto, K., Wada, H., Kaneko, T., & Takaichi, S. (2001). Identification of a gene required for
cis-to-trans carotene isomerization in carotenogenesis of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp.
PCC 6803. Plant and Cell Physiology, 42, 1398–1402.
McCarthy, S. S., Kobayashi, M. C., & Niyogi, K. K. (2004). White mutants of Chlamydomonas
reinhardtii are defective in phytoene synthase. Genetics, 168, 1249–1257.
Misawa, N., Nakagawa, M., Kobayashi, K., Yamano, S., Izawa, Y., Nakamura, K., et al. (1990).
Elucidation of the Erwinia uredovora carotenoid biosynthetic pathway by functional analysis of
gene products expressed in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology, 172, 6704–6712.
Miziorko, H. M. (2011). Enzymes of the mevalonate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis. Archives
of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 505, 131–143.
Mochimaru, M., Msukawa, H., & Takaichi, S. (2005). The cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
has two distinct β-carotene ketolase: CrtO for echinenone and CrtW for ketomyxol synthesis.
FEBS Letters, 579, 6111–6114.
Mochimaru, M., Masukawa, H., Maoka, T., Mohamed, H. E., Vermaas, W. F. J., & Takaichi, S.
(2008). Substrate specificities and availability of fucosyltransferase and β-carotene hydroxylase
for myxol 2 -fucoside synthesis in Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 compared with Synechocystis
sp. strain PCC 6803. Journal of Bacteriology, 190, 6726–6733.
Ohto, C., Ishida, C., Nakane, H., Muramatsu, M., Nishino, T., & Obata, S. (1999). A thermophilic
cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus has three different Class I prenyltransferase genes.
Plant Molecular Biology, 40, 307–321.
Petersen, J., Brinkmann, H., Bunk, B., Michael, V., Päuker, O., & Pradella, S. (2012). Think pink:
photosynthesis, plasmids and the Roseobacter clade. Environmental Microbiology, 14, 2661–
2627.
Ramos, A., Coesel, S., Marques, A., Rodrigues, M., Baumgartner, A., Noronha, J., et al. (2008).
Isolation and characterization of a stress-inducible Dunaliella salina Lyc-β gene encoding a
functional lycopene β-cyclase. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 79, 819–828.
Rowan, K. S. (1989). Photosynthetic pigments of algae. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University
Press.
Sandmann, G. (1994). Carotenoid biosynthesis in microorganisms and plants. European Journal of
Biochemistry, 223, 7–24.
Sandmann, G. (2002). Molecular evolution of carotenoid biosynthesis from bacteria to plants.
Physiologia Plantarum, 116, 431–440.
Schneider, C., Böger, P., & Sandmann, G. (1997). Phytoene desaturase: heterologous expression in
an active state, purification, and biochemical properties. Protein Expression and Purification, 10,
175–179.
Steiger, S., & Sandmann, G. (2004). Cloning of two carotenoid ketolase genes from Nostoc punctiforme for the heterologous production of canthaxanthin and astaxanthin. Biotechnology Letters,
26, 813–817.
Steiger, S., Jackisch, Y., & Sandmann, G. (2005). Carotenoid biosynthesis in Gloeobacter violaceus
PCC4721 involves a single crtI-type phytoene desaturase instead of typical cyanobacterial
enzymes. Archives of Microbiology, 184, 207–214.