Diversity and Evolution of Carotenoid Biosynthesis from Prokaryotes to Plants.
Carotenoid biosynthesis
Evolved carotenogenic genes
Phytoene desaturation diversity
Journal
Advances in experimental medicine and biology
ISSN: 0065-2598
Titre abrégé: Adv Exp Med Biol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0121103
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
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2021
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2021
medline:
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Résumé
Carotenoids exist in pro- and eukaryotic organisms, but not in animals (with one exception). Their biosynthesis evolved from a common ancestor of Archaea and Bacteria and via the latter by endosymbiosis to algae and plants. The formation of carotenoids in fungi can be regarded as a lineage from the archaea. This review highlights the distribution and evolution of carotenogenic pathways in taxonomic groups of prokaryotes and eukaryotes with a special emphasis on the evolutionary aspects of prominent carotenogenic genes in relation to the assigned function of their corresponding enzymes. The latter aspect includes a focus on paralogs of gene families evolving novel functions and unrelated genes encoding enzymes with the same function.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33783732
doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-7360-6_7
doi:
Substances chimiques
Carotenoids
36-88-4
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
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Pagination
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