prolycopene

lycopene, (cis)-isomer (6E,8Z,10Z,12E,14E,16E,18E,20E,22Z,24Z,26E)-2,6,10,14,19,23,27,31- octamethyldotriaconta-2,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,30-tridecaene tetra-cis-lycopene PubMed: Mutations in the MIT3 gene encoding a caroteniod isomerase lead to increased tiller number in rice. PubMed: Inferring the Genetic Determinants of Fruit Colors in Tomato by Carotenoid Profiling. PubMed: Transcriptome Analysis of Orange Head Chinese Cabbage ( Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis ) and Molecular Marker Development. PubMed: Distinct Mechanisms of the ORANGE Protein in Controlling Carotenoid Flux. PubMed: Thermal processing differentially affects lycopene and other carotenoids in cis-lycopene containing, tangerine tomatoes. PubMed: Ultrafast Triplet Generation and its Sensitization Drives Efficient Photoisomerization of Tetra-cis-lycopene to All-trans-lycopene. PubMed: Molecular characterization and transcriptome analysis of orange head Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis). PubMed: Association of molecular markers derived from the BrCRTISO1 gene with prolycopene-enriched orange-colored leaves in Brassica rapa [corrected].. PubMed: Dissection of tomato lycopene biosynthesis through virus-induced gene silencing. PubMed: Epistasis in tomato color mutations involves regulation of phytoene synthase 1 expression by cis-carotenoids. PubMed: Comparative study on antioxidant activity of lycopene (Z)-isomers in different assays. PubMed: Plant carotene cis-trans isomerase CRTISO: a new member of the FAD(RED)-dependent flavoproteins catalyzing non-redox reactions. PubMed: ZEBRA2, encoding a carotenoid isomerase, is involved in photoprotection in rice. PubMed: Cloning and functional characterization of the maize carotenoid isomerase and β-carotene hydroxylase genes and their regulation during endosperm maturation. PubMed: Theoretical study of the enthalpies of formation for C40H56 carotenes. PubMed: Carotenoid absorption in humans consuming tomato sauces obtained from tangerine or high-beta-carotene varieties of tomatoes. PubMed: Structural diversity and functional novelty of new carotenoid biosynthesis genes. PubMed: zeta-Carotene cis isomers as products and substrates in the plant poly-cis carotenoid biosynthetic pathway to lycopene. PubMed: Identification of all-trans-retinol:all-trans-13,14-dihydroretinol saturase. PubMed: Maize phytoene desaturase and zeta-carotene desaturase catalyse a poly-Z desaturation pathway: implications for genetic engineering of carotenoid content among cereal crops. PubMed: Cloning of tangerine from tomato reveals a carotenoid isomerase essential for the production of beta-carotene and xanthophylls in plants. PubMed: Chromatographic performance on a C30-bonded stationary phase of monohydroxycarotenoids with variable chain length or degree of desaturation and of lycopene isomers synthesized by various carotene desaturases. PubMed: Gene sll0033 from Synechocystis 6803 encodes a carotene isomerase involved in the biosynthesis of all-E lycopene. PubMed: Analysis of lycopene geometrical isomers in biological microsamples by liquid chromatography with coulometric array detection. PubMed: Catalytic properties of an expressed and purified higher plant type zeta-carotene desaturase from Capsicum annuum. PubMed: Expression, purification and properties of lycopene cyclase from Erwinia uredovora. PubMed: On the mechanism of the lycopene isomerase/cyclase reaction in Narcissus pseudonarcissus L. chromoplasts. PubMed: Molecular oxygen and the state of geometric isomerism of intermediates are essential in the carotene desaturation and cyclization reactions in daffodil chromoplasts. PubMed: Stepwise stereoisomerization of prolycopene, a polycis carotenoid, to all-trans-lycopene. PubMed: Stereoisomerization of the polycis compounds, pro-gamma-carotene and prolycopene in chickens and hens. PubMed: Contribution to the structure of pro-gamma-carotene and prolycopene obtained from various sources. PubMed: Prolycopene, a Naturally Occuring Stereoisomer of Lycopene.