Main Reaction: Neurosporene >> Lycopene

Reference: PubMed ID: 9914519
Authors: Bartley GE, Scolnik PA, Beyer P
Title: Two Arabidopsis thaliana carotene desaturases, phytoene desaturase and zeta-carotene desaturase, expressed in Escherichia coli, catalyze a poly-cis pathway to yield pro-lycopene.
Published: 1999 Jan

Neurosporene --> Lycopene