NOVEL CAROTENOID HYDROXYLASE GENE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROXYLATED CAROTENOID AND NOVEL GERANYLGERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE GENE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means for producing carotenoids in which a hydroxyl group is introduced at the position 3(3') carbon of their β-ionone ring in large quantities.

SOLUTION: A novel gene encoding an enzyme obtained from a marine bacterium, Brevundimonas sp. strain SD-212 and introducing a hydroxyl group at the position 3(3') carbon in the β-ionone ring is provided.

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