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Table 1. Cloned fungal genes for structural or regulatory enzymes of the carotenoid
biosynthesis pathway.
Organism
Gene
Encoded protein(s)
EMBL Nº
References
ASCOMYCOTA
Gibberella fujikuroi
ggs1
GGPP synthase
X96943
Tudzynski et al. 1998
ggs2
GGPP synthase
Y15280
Mende et al. 1997
carB
Phytoene
dehydrogenase
AJ426418
Linnemannstons et
al. 2002
carRA
Phytoene synthase/
Lycopene cyclase
AJ426417
Linnemannstons et
al. 2002
carX
Carotenoid
oxygenase
AJ854252
Thewes et al. 2005
carT
Carotenoid
oxygenase
AM418468
Prado-Cabrero et al.
2007
carO
Opsin like protein
AJ566368
Prado et al. 2004
wcoA
Transcription factor
AM778551
Estrada and Avalos
2008
Neurospora crassa
al-1
Phytoene
dehydrogenase
M57465
Schmidhauser et al.
1990
al-2
Phytoene synthase/
Lycopene cyclase
L27652
Schmidhauser et al.
1994
al-3
GGPP synthase
U20940
Nelson et al. 1989
ylo-1
Aldehyde
Dehydrogenase
NCU04013
Estrada et al. 2008
wc-1
Transcription factor
X94300
Ballario et al. 1996
wc-2
Transcription factor
Y09119
Linden et al. 1997
vvd
Light adaptation
protein
AF338412
Heintzen et al. 2001
BASIDIOMYCOTA
Xanthophyllomyces
dendrorhous
crtE
GGPP synthase
DQ012943
crtI
Phytoene
dehydrogenase
Y15007
Verdoes et al. 1999a
crtYB
Phytoene synthase/
Lycopene cyclase
AJ133646
Verdoes et al. 1999b
crtS
β-carotene oxygenase
DQ202402
Alvarez et al. 2006
ast
Astaxanthin synthase
HM204708
