TitleDatePubMed ID
A single desaturase gene from red yeast Sporidiobolus pararoseus is responsible for both four- and five-step dehydrogenation of phytoene.2016 Sep 1527346167
Assembly of functional photosystem complexes in Rhodobacter sphaeroides incorporating carotenoids from the spirilloxanthin pathway.2015 Feb25449968
High-level production of the industrial product lycopene by the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum.2012 Oct22865070
Carotenogenesis gene cluster and phytoene desaturase catalyzing both three- and four-step desaturations from Rhodobacter azotoformans.2012 Aug22640029
Construction of new Pichia pastoris X-33 strains for production of lycopene and β-carotene.2012 Mar22159890
On the structure and function of the phytoene desaturase CRTI from Pantoea ananatis, a membrane-peripheral and FAD-dependent oxidase/isomerase.201222745782
Structural and kinetics properties of a mutated phytoene desaturase from Rubrivivax gelatinosus with modified product specificity.2011 Jan 120887710
Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for astaxanthin production and oxidative stress tolerance.2009 Nov19801484
Kinetic variations determine the product pattern of phytoene desaturase from Rubrivivax gelatinosus.2007 May 1517428435
Phytoene desaturase, CrtI, of the purple photosynthetic bacterium, Rubrivivax gelatinosus, produces both neurosporene and lycopene.2001 Oct11673627