ChemInform Abstract: ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF CAROTENES

Stereochemistry of phytoene

1972 • 87 citations

Biosynthesis of kaurene, squalene and phytoene from mevalonate-2-14C in a cell-free system from pea fruits

1968 • 81 citations

An Enzyme Complex for the Dehydrogenation of Phytoene in Phycomyces

1976 • 81 citations

The Conversion of Phytoene-14C to Acyclic, Monocyclic, and Dicyclic Carotenes and the Conversion of Lycopene-15,15'-3H to Mono- and Dicyclic Carotenes by Soluble Enzyme Systems Obtained from Plastids of Tomato Fruits

1970 • 73 citations

The Conversion of Lycopene-15,15′-3H to Cyclic Carotenes by Soluble Extracts of Higher Plant Plastids

1969 • 69 citations

Isolation and identification of dehydrosqualene and C40-carotenoid pigments in Halobacterium cutirubrum

1972 • 66 citations

The partial purification and properties of a phytoene synthesizing enzyme system

1977 • 64 citations

Later Reactions of Carotenoid Biosynthesis

1976 • 63 citations

Biosynthesis of phytoene from isopentenyl and farnesyl pyrophosphates by a partially purified tomato enzyme system

1967 • 63 citations

Enzymatic synthesis of C₄₀ carotenes by cell-free preparation from Halobacterium cutirubrum

1976 • 58 citations

Carotene biosynthesis in fungi

1973 • 55 citations

Stereochemistry of trans-phytoene synthesis. Lycopersene as a carotene precursor and a mechanism for the synthesis of cis- and trans-phytoene

1974 • 51 citations

Carotene biosynthesis by cell extracts of mutants of Phycomyces blakesleeanus

1975 • 49 citations

Biosynthesis of β-Carotene by Cell-free Extracts of Phycomyces blakesleeanus

1962 • 45 citations

Enzymatic synthesis of carotenes

1979 • 37 citations

The enzymatic conversion of cis-[14C]phytofluene, trans-[14C]phytofluene, and trans-ζ-[14C]carotene to more unsaturated acyclic, monocyclic, and dicyclic carotenes by a cell-free preparation of red tomato fruits

1974 • 37 citations

The enzymatic conversion of cis-[14C]phytofluene, trans-[14C]phytofluene, and trans-ζ-[14C]carotene to poly-cis-acyclic carotenes by a cell-free preparation of tangerine tomato fruit plastids

1974 • 34 citations

Enzymatic conversion of isopentenyl pyrophosphate-4-14C and phytoene-14C to acyclic carotenes by an ammonium sulfate-precipitated spinach enzyme system

1970 • 31 citations

Photoinduced prephytoene pyrophosphate synthesis in a Mycobacterium sp

1973 • 26 citations

Enzymatic synthesis of carotenes by cell-free preparations of fruit of several genetic selections of tomatoes

1973 • 26 citations

The isolation, purification, and characterization of cis-ζ-carotene and the demonstration of its conversion to acyclic, monocyclic, and dicyclic carotenes by a soluble enzyme system obtained from the plastids of tangerine tomato fruits

1974 • 25 citations

Alternative pathways of carotene cyclisation in Phycomyces blakesleeanus

1977 • 24 citations

Carotenoid Biosynthesis by a Cell-free Preparation from a Flavobacterium Species

1975 • 24 citations

Dissociation of prelycopersene pyrophosphate synthetase from phytoene synthetase complex of tomato fruit plastids.

1977 • 19 citations