New Insight into the Cleavage Reaction of Nostoc sp. Strain PCC 7120 Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase in Natural and Nonnatural Carotenoids

Heterologous Carotenoid-Biosynthetic Enzymes: Functional Complementation and Effects on Carotenoid Profiles in Escherichia coli

(2012) Gyu Hyeon Song et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of an apo-carotenoid 13,14-dioxygenase from Novosphingobium aromaticivorans that converts β-apo-8′-carotenal to β-apo-13-carotenone

(2012) Yeong-Su Kim et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

In vivoandin vitrostudies on the carotenoid cleavage oxygenases fromSphingopyxis alaskensis  RB2256 andPlesiocystis pacifica SIR-1 revealed their substrate specificities and non-retinal-forming cleavage activities

(2012) Jana Hoffmann et al.   FEBS Journal

Functional Expression and Extension of Staphylococcal Staphyloxanthin Biosynthetic Pathway inEscherichia coli

(2012) Se Hyeuk Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The future of metabolic engineering and synthetic biology: Towards a systematic practice

(2012) Vikramaditya G. Yadav et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

The Path from  -Carotene to Carlactone, a Strigolactone-Like Plant Hormone

(2012) A. Alder et al.   SCIENCE

Goldacre Review: Carotenoids in nature: insights from plants and beyond

(2011) Christopher I. Cazzonelli   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Carotenoids and apocarotenoids in cellular signaling related to cancer: A review

(2011) Yoav Sharoni et al.   MOLECULAR NUTRITION & FOOD RESEARCH

Carotenoids and their cleavage products: Biosynthesis and functions

(2011) Michael H. Walter et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

New apocarotenoids and β-carotene cleavage in Blakeslea trispora

(2011) Alejandro F. Barrero et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Redesign, Reconstruction, and Directed Extension of the Brevibacterium linens C40 Carotenoid Pathway in Escherichia coli

(2010) S. H. Kim et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Novel Activity of Rhodobacter sphaeroides Spheroidene Monooxygenase CrtA Expressed in Escherichia coli

(2010) P. C. Lee et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Hydrophobicity of residue 108 specifically affects the affinity of human β-carotene 15,15′-monooxygenase for substrates with two ionone rings

(2010) Yeong-Su Kim et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis ORF Rv0654 encodes a carotenoid oxygenase mediating central and excentric cleavage of conventional and aromatic carotenoids

(2010) Daniel Scherzinger et al.   FEBS Journal

Combinatorial biosynthesis of plant medicinal polyketides by microorganisms

(2009) Sueharu Horinouchi   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Structure activity relationship of carotenoid derivatives in activation of the electrophile/antioxidant response element transcription system

(2009) Karin Linnewiel et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Carotenoid oxygenases involved in plant branching catalyse a highly specific conserved apocarotenoid cleavage reaction

(2008) Adrian Alder et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

In vitrocharacterization of a carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase fromNostocsp. PCC 7120 reveals a novel cleavage pattern, cytosolic localization and induction by highlight

(2008) Daniel Scherzinger et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A Cholesterol Biosynthesis Inhibitor Blocks Staphylococcus aureus Virulence

(2008) C.-I Liu et al.   SCIENCE

Light-energy conversion in engineered microorganisms

(2008) Ethan T. Johnson et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY