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

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Author	Kato Shota Department of Biosciences, School of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University, 1-1 Toyosatodai, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, 320-8551, Japan Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, School of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University, 1-1 Toyosatodai, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, 320-8551, Japan Takaichi Shinichi Department of Biology, Nippon Medical School, 1-7-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino, Tokyo, 180-0023, Japan Ishikawa, Takahiro Asahina Masashi Department of Biosciences, School of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University, 1-1 Toyosatodai, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, 320-8551, Japan Takahashi Senji Department of Biosciences, School of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University, 1-1 Toyosatodai, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, 320-8551, Japan Shinomura Tomoko Department of Biosciences, School of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University, 1-1 Toyosatodai, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, 320-8551, Japan Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, School of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University, 1-1 Toyosatodai, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, 320-8551, Japan
Subject	Euglena gracilis; Light stress; Carotenoid biosynthesis; Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase; CrtE; Phytoene synthase; CrtB
Journal Title	BMC PLANT BIOLOGY
Volume	16
ISSN	1471-2229
Published Date	2016-01-5
DOI	10.1186/s12870-015-0698-8
PubMed ID	26733341
Publisher	BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
NII Type	Journal Article
OAI-PMH Set	Faculty of Medicine
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.