Literature summary extracted from

Linden, H.; Misawa, N.; Chamovitz, D.; Pecker, I.; Hirschberg, J.; Sandmann, G.
Functional complementation in Escherichia coli of different phytoene desaturase genes and analysis of accumulated carotenes (1991), Z. Naturforsch. C, 46, 1045-1051.

Cloned(Commentary)

EC Number	Cloned (Comment)	Organism
1.3.99.28	the phytoene desaturase gene, from Rhodobacter capsulatus is functionally complemented with a gene construct from Erwinia uredovora which encodes all enzymes responsible for formation of 15-cis phytoene in Escherichia coli	Rhodobacter capsulatus

Organism

EC Number	Organism	UniProt	Comment	Textmining
1.3.99.28	Rhodobacter capsulatus	-	-	-

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number	Substrates	Comment Substrates	Organism	Products	Comment (Products)	Rev.	Reac.
1.3.99.28	15-cis-phytoene + 3 acceptor	-	Rhodobacter capsulatus	all-trans-neurosporene + 3 reduced acceptor	formation of all-trans-neurosporene and two cis-isomers	?
1.3.99.28	15-cis-phytoene + acceptor	-	Rhodobacter capsulatus	all-trans-phytofluene + reduced acceptor	-	?
1.3.99.28	all-trans-phytofluene + acceptor	-	Rhodobacter capsulatus	all-trans-zeta-carotene + reduced acceptor	-	?
1.3.99.28	all-trans-zeta-carotene + acceptor	-	Rhodobacter capsulatus	all-trans-neurosporene + reduced acceptor	-	?

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