Main Reaction: Phytoene >> Lycopene

Reference: PubMed ID: 14660416
Authors: Van Dien SJ, Marx CJ, O'Brien BN, Lidstrom ME
Title: Genetic characterization of the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 and isolation of a colorless mutant.
Published: 2003 Dec

Phytoene --> Lycopene