A prenyl pyrophosphate synthase gene from the zygomycete fungus, Gilbertella persicaria

• Published in: ACTA BIOLOGICA SZEGEDIENSIS (Print) Vol. 55; no. 1; p. 7
• Main Author: Nagy, Gábor
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Szeged Csaba Vagvolgyi 01.01.2011
• Subjects: Amino acid sequence; Astaxanthin; Carotenoids; Fungi; Gilbertella persicaria; Introns; Phylogeny; Prenyl pyrophosphate; Zeaxanthin; β-Carotene

In this study, a prenyl pyrophosphate synthase gene was cloned and characterized in the zygomycete fungus Gilbertella persicaria. The coding region of the isolated gene comprises a total of 1328 bp determining a 350 amino acids length putative protein and five introns (60, 65, 43, 59, and 48 bp in l...