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Beta-carotene hydroxylase gene from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803
K Masamoto1, N Misawa, T Kaneko
1Biological Laboratory, Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University, Japan.
Abstract:
The ORF sll1468 of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 was identified as a gene for beta-carotene hydroxylase by functional complementation in a beta-carotene-producing Escherichia coli. The gene product of ORF sll1468 added hydroxyl groups to the beta-ionone rings of beta-carotene (beta, beta-carotene) to form zeaxanthin (beta, beta-carotene-3,3'-diol). This newly identified beta-carotene hydroxylase does not show overall amino acid sequence similarity to the known beta-carotene hydroxylases. However, it showed significant sequence similarity to beta-carotene ketolases of marine bacteria and a green alga.
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