Application | Comment | Organism |
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food industry | the enzyme in Xanthophyllomyces is used for production of astaxanthin, i.e. 3,3'-hydroxy-4,4'-diketo-beta-carotene, which is an industrially important carotenoid used for feeding salmon or trout in farming | Phaffia rhodozyma |
synthesis | the enzyme in Xanthophyllomyces is used for production of astaxanthin, i.e. 3,3'-hydroxy-4,4'-diketo-beta-carotene, which is an industrially important carotenoid used for feeding salmon or trout in farming | Phaffia rhodozyma |
Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
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gene crtE, DNA and amino acid sequence determination and analysis, functional expression in Escherichia coli, overexpression in transgenic Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous | Phaffia rhodozyma |
Protein Variants | Comment | Organism |
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additional information | engineering of Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous by transforming it with the crtE cDNA to divert metabolite flow from the sterol pathway towards carotenoid biosynthesis. Transformants show increased levels of geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase leading to higher carotenoid levels including astaxanthin by 8fold | Phaffia rhodozyma |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Phaffia rhodozyma | - |
a basidiomycetous yeast, the sexual state of Phaffia rhodozyma, gene crtE | - |
Phaffia rhodozyma CBS6938, ATCC 96594 | - |
a basidiomycetous yeast, the sexual state of Phaffia rhodozyma, gene crtE | - |
Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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CrtE | - |
Phaffia rhodozyma |
geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase | - |
Phaffia rhodozyma |
GGPP synthase | - |
Phaffia rhodozyma |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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metabolism | CrtE catalyzes one of the first steps in the carotenogenic pathway, overview | Phaffia rhodozyma |