CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS

摘要

The invention provides materials and methods that can be used to make carotenoids having greater than 40 carbon atoms (C>40). The invention also provides isolated nucleic acid molecules that encode polypeptides that allow C40 carotenoids to be converted to C50 carotenoids. The isolated nucleic acid molecules can be introduced into production cells, wherein the production cell becomes capable of the biosynthesis and the conversion of the C>40 carotenoids.