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  • 1
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    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    FEMS microbiology letters 3 (1978), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1574-6968
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1365-2958
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Retinal and its derivatives represent essential compounds in many biological systems. In animals, they are synthesized through a symmetrical cleavage of β-carotene catalysed by a monooxygenase. Here, we demonstrate that the open reading frame sll1541 from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 encodes the first eubacterial, retinal synthesizing enzyme (Diox1) thus far reported. In contrast to enzymes from animals, Diox1 converts β-apo-carotenals instead of β-carotene into retinal in vitro. The identity of the enzymatic product was proven by HPLC, GC-MS and in a biological test. Investigations, of the stereospecifity showed that Diox1 cleaved only the all-trans form of β-apo-8′-carotenal, yielding all-trans-retinal. However, Diox1 exhibited wide substrate specificity with respect to chain-lengths and functional end-groups. Although with divergent Km and Vmax values, the enzyme converted β-apo-carotenals, (3R)-3-OH-β-apo-carotenals as well as apo-lycopenals into retinal, (3R)-3-hydroxy-retinal and acycloretinal respectively. In addition, the alcohols of these substrates were cleaved to yield the corresponding retinal derivatives.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-2048
    Keywords: Key words: Chloroplast – Photomorphogenesis – Phytoene synthase – Prolamellar body –Sinapis (phytoene synthase) – Thylakoid
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract.  During photomorphogenesis in higher plants, a coordinated increase occurs in the chlorophyll and carotenoid contents. The carotenoid level is under phytochrome control, as reflected by the light regulation of the mRNA level of phytoene synthase (PSY), the first enzyme in the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway. We investigated PSY protein levels, enzymatic activity and topological localization during photomorphogenesis. The results revealed that PSY protein levels and enzymatic activity increase during de-etiolation and that the enzyme is localized at thylakoid membranes in mature chloroplasts. However, under certain light conditions (e.g., far-red light) the increases in PSY mRNA and protein levels are not accompanied by an increase in enzymatic activity. Under those conditions, PSY is localized in the prolamellar body fraction in a mostly enzymatically inactive form. Subsequent illumination of dark-grown and/or in far-red light grown seedlings with white light causes the decay of these structures and a topological relocalization of PSY to developing thylakoids which results in its enzymatic activation. This light-dependent mechanism of enzymatic activation of PSY in carotenoid biosynthesis shares common features with the regulation of the NADPH:protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase, the first light-regulated enzyme in chlorophyll biosynthesis. The mechanism of regulation described here may contribute to ensuring a spatially and temporally coordinated increase in both carotenoid and chlorophyll contents.
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  • 4
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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Planta 154 (1982), S. 66-69 
    ISSN: 1432-2048
    Keywords: Carotene synthesis ; Carotenogenic enzymes ; Chromoplasts ; Membranes ; Narcissus
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The membranes from the chromoplasts of Narcissus pseudonarcissus L. which are derived from the inner envelope membrane are the site of β-carotene synthesis from [1-14C]isopentenyl diphosphate. The enzymes involved are partly peripheral membrane proteins (prenyltransferase, phytoene synthase) and partly integral membrane proteins (cis-trans isomerase, dehydrogenase(s), cyclase(s)). Metabolic channeling is suggested.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1432-072X
    Keywords: Key words GroEL ; GroES ; Protein purification ; ATPase activity ; Chaperonin activity ; Heat-shock ; induction ; Heat-shock promoter mapping ; Rhodobacter capsulatus
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The heat-shock protein Cpn60 (chaperonin, GroEL homologue) from the phototrophic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus B10 was purified to homogeneity and biochemically characterized. Native Cpn60 from R. capsulatus was shown to be a tetradecamer of 840 kDa similar to that of homologous chaperones characterized so far. Cpn60 possesses ATPase activity and promotes refolding of chaotropically denatured citrate synthase. The groESL operon of R. capsulatus was cloned using a degenerate oligonucleotide and sequenced. Two open reading frames (285 and 1,635 bp) were found; they encode Cpn10 and Cpn60, with corresponding deduced molecular masses of 10.6 and 57.6 kDa. The deduced amino acid sequences coincided perfectly with those of the amino terminus and of three tryptic peptides of purified Cpn60 from R. capsulatus. Strong evidence that R. capsulatus encodes only one copy of the groESL operon was obtained. Primer-extension analysis revealed that the groESL operon is transcribed by a –35/–10-type promoter, and that transcription was initiated from the same positions before and after heat-shock under both chemotrophic and phototrophic conditions. The major initiation site is immediately followed by the inverted repeat structure CIRCE, which has been found upstream of many bacterial heat-shock operons. A second minor transcript starts just after the CIRCE element. Although heat-shock induction of a groEL-lacZ fusion failed because of thermal inactivation of the fusion protein, Western blot analysis revealed a two- to threefold induction of cellular Cpn60 levels 45–75 min after shifting from 28° C to 39° C. Deletion mapping of the groESL promoter identified upstream of the promoter a 19-bp element that enhances groESL transcription eightfold and contains the AT-rich sequence dAAATTTTT, which is found at similar positions in heat-shock operons of other gram-negative bacteria.
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  • 6
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    Springer
    Planta 150 (1980), S. 435-438 
    ISSN: 1432-2048
    Keywords: Carotene synthesis ; Chromoplasts ; Narcissus ; Polyprenoids
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract A system has been established from isolated intact chromoplasts of Narcissus pseudonarcissus flowers that synthesizes geranylgeraniol, an unknown polyprenoid alcohol, phytoene, and β-carotene from [1-14C]isopentenyl pyrophosphate in a good yeild. Long chain pyrophosphates are not accumulated. San 6706 inhibits the dehydrogenation of phytoene, whereas nicotine does not lead to an accumulation of lycopene. Separation and identification of polyprenoid lipids was performed by HPLC. The properties and advantages of the chromoplast system are discussed.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1022-1352
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Notes: The catalyst system Nd(octanoate)3/Al2Et3Cl3/Al(iBu)3 (Et: ethyl, iBu: isobutyl) in heptane for the polymerization of butadiene and isoprene was examined. The concentration of Al2Et3Cl3, Al(iBu)3 and the order of addition of the components were varied. The results of the determination of conversion, microstructure, molar mass and molar mass distribution are illustrated. The optimum component concentration ratio (Nd(octanoate)3/Al2Et3Cl3/Al(iBu)3 = 1 : 1,5 : 25) at a catalyst concentration of 1,0 mmol Nd/L was fixed and used for the copolymerization of butadiene and isoprene. Copolymers obtained under various monomer feed ratios were characterized by 1H, 13C NMR spectroscopy, gel-permeation chromatography (GPC), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) investigations.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1022-1352
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Notes: The ionene poly[(dimethyliminio) ethylene(dimethyliminio) methylene-1,4-phenylenemethylene dichloride] was synthesized and characterized. Number-, mass- and z-average molar masses Mn, Mw and Mz, and molar mass distribution were determined using equilibrium ultracentrifugation. With detection by means of Schlieren, interference, and UV optics. Mw was additionally determined by static light scattering. All measurements yield within the experimental error the same value of Mw viz. Mw = 12,2 · 103 g/mol. This value agrees well with the value from an analysis of kinetical data, viz. Mw = 11,4 · 103 g/mol. Molar mass distribution w(M) was determined from the concentration profile extrapolated to concentration γ0 = 0; it is of a Wesslau-type and relatively broad. The non-uniformity U = Mw/Mn - 1 ≈ 3. According to the theory of polycondensation a Schulz-Flory type of distribution should be obtained. A Schulz-Flory distribution is not achieved because the monomers p-xylylene dichloride and N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine exhibit higher reactivity in the initiation reaction than the homologs during chain propagation which results in a broader molar mass distribution than a Schulz-Flory distribution.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 0018-019X
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Organic Chemistry
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: The structures of the main carotenoid pigments from the mutant 1-207 of Rhizobium lupini were elucidated by spectroscopic techniques (UV./VIS., CD., 270 MHz 1H-NMR., and MS.). Ten carotenoids were identified, namely β,β-carotene (1), β,β-caroten-4-one (echinenone, 2), β,β-carotene-4,4′-dione (canthaxanthin, 3), (3S)-3-hydroxy-β,β-caroten-4-one ((3S)-3-hydroxyechinenone, 4), (2R, 3R)-β,β-carotene-2,3-diol (5), (3S)-3-hydroxy-β,β-carotene-4,4′-dione ((3S)-adonirubin, 6), (2R, 3S)-2,3-dihydroxy-β,β-caroten-4-one (7), (2R, 3S)-2,3-dihydroxy-β,β-caroten-4,4′-dione (8), (2R, 3S, 2′R, 3′R)-2,3,2′,3′-tetrahydroxy-β,β-caroten-4-one (9) and the corresponding (2R, 3S, 2′R, 3′S)-4,4′-dione (10). Structures 5, 7, 8 and 10 have not been reported before. From the observed carotenoid pattern it is concluded that in this mutant the oxidation to 4-oxo compounds is favoured compared to the hydroxylation at C(3) and C(2).
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  • 10
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell
    Liebigs Annalen 747 (1971), S. 84-97 
    ISSN: 0075-4617
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Organic Chemistry
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.4.6.6-Tetramethyl-5.6-dihydropyrogallol, a Stable Six Ring ReductoneStarting from isophorone we have synthesized 4,4,6,6-tetramethyl-2,3-dihydroxy-2-cyclohexene-1-one (4,4,6,6-tetramethyl-5,6-dihydropyrogallol, 6), which is the ring homologue of tetramethylreductinic acid. It is a remarkably stable reductone showing some new aspects of tautomerism in its derivatives. 6 is oxidized to the hydrate 20 of the Bordeaux-red 4,4,6,6-tetramethyl-cyclohexane-1,2,3-trione by iodine which on heating decomposes under loss of carbon dioxide and water to 6 and 3,3,5,5-tetramethyl-cyclopentane-1,2-dione (23). 6. and some of its derivatives show very simple NMR spectra pointing to a rather quick transenolisation in solution.
    Notes: Vom Isophoron aus wird 2.3-Dihydroxy-4.4.6.6-tetramethyl-cyclohexen-(2)-on (4.4.6.6-Tetramethyl-5.6-dihydro-pyrogallol, 6), das Ringhomologe der Tetramethyl-reduktinsäure, aufgebaut. Es ist ein auffallend beständiges Redukton, dessen Derivate zum Teil neue Tautomerie-Erscheinungen zeigen. 6 wird durch Jod zum Hydrat 20 des bordeauxroten 4.4.6.6-Tetramethyl-cyclohexantrions-(1.2.3) oxydiert. Dieses zerfällt beim Erwärmen unter Abgabe von Kohlendioxid und Wasser in 6 und 3.3.5.5-Tetramethyl-cyclopentandion-(1.2) (23). Die NMR-Spektren von 6 und einigen Derivaten sind sehr einfach; sie deuten auf eine rasche Umenolisierung in Lösung hin.
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