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SUBMITTER: Higuchi Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10777127 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Higuchi Yuki Y Iha Masahiko M Maoka Takashi T Misawa Norihiko N Takemura Miho M
Plant biotechnology (Tokyo, Japan) 20230301 1
Carotenoids are isoprenoid pigments produced typically in plants, algae, and part of bacteria and fungi. Violaxanthin, neoxanthin, and lutein are xanthophylls biosynthesized specifically in land plants and part of algae. Nowadays, it is feasible to produce violaxanthin and lutein in <i>Escherichia coli</i> by pathway engineering, whereas there is no report to synthesize neoxanthin in <i>E. coli</i>. So far, several genes have been reported to code for neoxanthin synthases, e.g., NSY (NXS), ABA4 ...[more]