Identification and functional analysis of the geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase gene (crtE) and phytoene synthase gene (crtB) for carotenoid biosynthesis in Euglena gracilis

BMC PLANT BIOLOGY Volume 16 published_at 2016-01-5
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Title
Identification and functional analysis of the geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase gene (crtE) and phytoene synthase gene (crtB) for carotenoid biosynthesis in Euglena gracilis
Creator
Kato Shota
Takaichi Shinichi
Asahina Masashi
Takahashi Senji
Shinomura Tomoko
Source Title
BMC PLANT BIOLOGY
Volume 16
Journal Identifire
ISSN 1471-2229
Subjects
Euglena gracilis; Light stress; Carotenoid biosynthesis; Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase; CrtE; Phytoene synthase; CrtB ( Other)
Language
eng
Resource Type journal article
Publisher
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
Date of Issued 2016-01-5
Access Rights metadata only access
Relation
[DOI] 10.1186/s12870-015-0698-8
[PMID] 26733341
Remark The authors are grateful to Dr. N. Misawa (Ishikawa Prefectural University, Japan), who kindly provided pACCAR25 Delta crtE, pACCAR25 Delta crtB, and pACCRT-E plasmids. We also thank to Dr. M. Takemura (Ishikawa Prefectural University, Japan) for helpful suggestions for the color complementation experiments. A part of this work was supported by grants from the JSPS KAKENHI (25450308) and MEXT-supported Program for the Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities (S1311014) to SK and TS.