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The squalene route to C30 carotenoid biosynthesis and the origins of carotenoid biosynthetic pathways

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Published in 2022 at "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America"

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2210081119

Abstract: Significance Carotenoids are isoprenoids lipids found in many prokaryotes and eukaryotes with important physiological implications, including antioxidative functions and modulating membrane properties. Here, we unveil a biosynthetic pathway of C30 carotenoids that uses squalene as… read more here.

Keywords: biosynthesis; route c30; origins carotenoid; c30 carotenoid ... See more keywords