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SUBMITTER: Xu X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5984946 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Xian X Tian Liqing L Xu Jiali J Xie Chengjia C Jiang Ling L Huang He H
AMB Express 20180602 1
Deinococcus wulumuqiensis R12 is a red-pigmented extremophilic microorganism with powerful antioxidant properties that was isolated from radiation-contaminated soil in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. The key carotenoid biosynthesis genes, crtE, crtB and crtI, which are related to the cells' antioxidant defense, were identified in the sequenced genome of R12 and analyzed. In order to improve the carotenoid yield in engineered Escherichia coli, the origin of carotenoid biosynthesis gen ...[more]