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| PeterM. Bramley, IanE. Clarke, K., Gerhard Sandmann, Peter Böger | Requires cookie* | | | Title
| Inhibition of Carotene Biosynthesis in Cell Extracts of Phycomyces blakesleeanus  | | | | Abstract
| Cell extracts o f the C l 15 (^-carotene-accum ulating) strain o f Phycom yces blakesleeanus were incubated with either [2-l4C]MVA or [1-I4C]IPP and a range o f possible inhibitors o f caro-tenogenesis, including bleaching herbicides, biphenyl com pounds and geranylacetone. Several o f these compounds were potent inhibitors o f /7-carotene form ation and caused the accum ulation o f phytoene. N o other carotenes were found to accum ulate, in vitro. The structures o f these inhibi tors, compared to that o f phytoene, suggest that they affect the enzym ic activity o f "phytoene dehydrogenase", possibly by com petitive inhibition. | | | |
Reference
| Z. Naturforsch. 39c, 460—463 (1984); received N ovem ber 1 1983 | | | |
Published
| 1984 | | | |
Keywords
| Carotenoid Biosynthesis, Bleaching Herbicides, Inhibitors o f Phytoene Desaturation, Phycomyces blakesleeanus, Cell Extracts | | | |
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