Biosynthesis of the Food and Cosmetic Plant Pigment Bixin (Annatto)

Bixin, also known as annatto, is a seed-specific pigment widely used in foods and cosmetics since pre-Columbian times. We show that three genes from Bixa orellana, native to tropical America, govern bixin biosynthesis. These genes code for lycopene cleavage dioxygenase, bixin aldehyde dehydrogenase,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2003-06, Vol.300 (5628), p.2089-2091
Hauptverfasser:	Bouvier, Florence, Dogbo, Odette, Camara, Bilal
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aldehyde Dehydrogenase - chemistry Aldehyde Dehydrogenase - genetics Aldehyde Dehydrogenase - metabolism Aldehydes Amino Acid Sequence Amino acids Annatto Biological and medical sciences Biosynthesis Biotechnology Bixaceae - genetics Bixaceae - metabolism Carotenoids Carotenoids - biosynthesis Carotenoids - metabolism Catalysis Cloning, Molecular Coding Complementary DNA Dehydrogenases DNA, Complementary Enzymes Escherichia coli - genetics Escherichia coli - metabolism Flowers & plants Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gene Library Genes Genes, Plant Genetic aspects Genetic engineering Genetic technics Methods. Procedures. Technologies Methyltransferases - chemistry Methyltransferases - genetics Methyltransferases - metabolism Modification of gene expression level Molecular Sequence Data Oxygenases - genetics Oxygenases - metabolism Pigments Plant pigments Recombinant Proteins - metabolism Scientific Concepts Seeds - genetics Sodium channels Transformation, Bacterial
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