Carotenoids Part B: Metabolism, Genetics, and Biosynthesis

✍ Scribed by Lester Packer (Eds.)

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 504
• Series: Methods in Enzymology 214
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Editorial Board
Page iii

Contributors to volume 214
Pages ix-xii

Preface
Pages xiii-xiv
Lester Packer

Volumes in series
Pages xv-xxvii

[1] Carotenoid absorption in humans Original Research Article
Pages 3-17
Phyllis E. Bowen, Sohrab Mobarhan, J. Cecil Smith Jr.

[2] Evaluation of carotenoid intake Original Research Article
Pages 17-21
Marc S. Micozzi

[3] Uptake and cleavage of ОІ-carotene by cultures of rat small intestinal cells and human lung fibroblasts Original Research Article
Pages 21-32
Giorgio Scita, Gregory W. Aponte, George Wolf

[4] Association of carotenoids with human plasma lipoproteins Original Research Article
Pages 33-46
Beverly A. Clevidence, John G. Bieri

[5] Translocation of carotenoid droplets in goldfish xanthophores Original Research Article
Pages 47-55
T.T. Tchen, John D. Taylor

[6] Solubilization, cellular uptake, and activity of ОІ-carotene and other carotenoids as inhibitors of neoplastic transformation in cultured cells Original Research Article
Pages 55-68
Robert V. Cooney, T. Joseph Kappock IV, Ao Pung, John S. Bertram

[7] Differentiation between central and excentric cleavage of ОІ-carotene Original Research Article
Pages 69-74
Guangwen Tang, Norman I. Krinsky

[8] Carotenoid-protein complexes Original Research Article
Pages 74-86
M.R. Lakshman, Chitua Okoh

[9] Analysis of carotenoids in human plasma and tissues Original Research Article
Pages 86-93
Robert S. Parker

[10] Assessing variability in quantitation of carotenoids in human plasma: Variance component model Original Research Article
Pages 94-101
Anna R. Giuliano, Monika B. Matzner, Louise M. Canfield

[11] Analysis of carotenoids in human and animal tissues Original Research Article
Pages 102-116
Harold H. Schmitz, Christopher L. Poor, Eric T. Gugger, John W. Erdman Jr.

[12] Plasma carotenoid levels in anorexia nervosa and in obese patients Original Research Article
Pages 116-123
Cheryl L. Rock, Marian E. Swendseid

[13] Psoralen photosensitization and plasma and cutaneous ОІ-carotene concentrations in hairless mice Original Research Article
Pages 124-137
Wendy S. White, Harold B. Faulkner, Daphne A. Roe

[14] Human metabolism of carotenoid analogs and apocarotenoids Original Research Article
Pages 137-147
Sihui Zeng, Harold C. Furr, James A. Olson

[15] Metabolism of carotenoids and in Vivo racemization of (3S,3′S)-Astaxanthin in the crustacean Penaeus Original Research Article
Pages 148-168
Katharina Schiedt, Stefan Bischof, Ernst Glinz

[16] Assay for carotenoid 15,15′-dioxygenase in homogenates of rat intestinal mucosal scrapings and application to normal and vitamin A-deficient rats Original Research Article
Pages 168-174
Laurence Villard-Mackintosh, Christopher J. Bates

[17] Control of carotenoid synthesis by light Original Research Article
Pages 175-184
Klaus Humbeck, Karin Krupinska

[18] Functions of carotenoids in photosynthesis Original Research Article
Pages 185-193
Richard J. Cogdell, Alastair T. Gardiner

[19] Retinoic acid synthesis from ОІ-carotene in Vitro Original Research Article
Pages 193-202
Joseph L. Napoli

[20] ОІ-Carotene modulation of delayed light emission from aggregated chlorophyll Original Research Article
Pages 202-208
Shan Yuan Yang

[21] Relation of cis-trans isomers of carotenoids to developmental processes Original Research Article
Pages 208-225
H.J. Nelis, P. Sorgeloos, A.P. de Leenheer

[22] In Vitro biological methods for determination of carotenoid activity Original Research Article
Pages 226-256
Joel L. Schwartz

[23] Enzymatic conversion of all-trans-ОІ-carotene to retinal Original Research Article
Pages 256-269
M.R. Lakshman, Chitua Okoh

[24] Methods for investigating photoregulated carotenogenesis Original Research Article
Pages 269-283
Mikiro Tada

[25] Photoinduction of carotenoid biosynthesis Original Research Article
Pages 283-294
Javier ГЃvalos, Eduardo R. Bejarano, E. CerdГЎ-Olmedo

[26] Evolutionary conservation and structural similarities of carotenoid biosynthesis gene products from photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic organisms Original Research Article
Pages 297-311
Gregory A. Armstrong, Bhupinder S. Hundle, John E. Hearst

[27] Cloning of carotenoid biosynthetic genes from maize Original Research Article
Pages 311-323
Brent Buckner, Donald S. Robertson

[28] Protection by cloned carotenoid genes expressed in Escherichia coli against phototoxic molecules activated by near-ultraviolet light Original Research Article
Pages 323-330
R.W. Tuveson, G. Sandmann

[29] Biosynthesis of carotenoids: An overview Original Research Article
Pages 330-340
T.W. Goodwin

[30] Carotenoid analysis in mutants from Escherichia coli transformed with carotenogenic gene cluster and Scenedesmus obliquus mutant C-6D Original Research Article
Pages 341-347
Gerhard Sandmann

[31] Effects of Оґ-aminolevulinic acid and 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole on carotenoid accumulation Original Research Article
Pages 348-352
Georges T. Dodds, Syamala S. Ashtakala, Stephen W. Lamoureux

[32] Plant phytoene synthase complex: Component enzymes, immunology, and biogenesis Original Research Article
Pages 352-365
Bilal Camara

[33] Solubilization and purification procedures for phytoene desaturase from Phycomyces blakesleeanus Original Research Article
Pages 365-373
Paul D. Fraser, Peter M. Bramley

[34] Functional analysis and purification of enzymes for carotenoid biosynthesis expressed in photosynthetic bacteria Original Research Article
Pages 374-385
Glenn E. Bartley, Anette Kumle, Peter Beyer, Pablo A. Scolnik

[35] ОІ-carotene synthesis in Rhodotorula Original Research Article
Pages 386-390
Hebe Martelli, Iracema M. da Silva

[36] Characteristics of membrane-associated carotenoid-binding proteins in cyanobacteria and prochlorophytes Original Research Article
Pages 390-401
K.J. Reddy, George S. Bullerjahn, Louis A. Sherman

[37] Xanthosomes: Supramolecular assemblies of xanthophyll-chlorophyll a/c protein complexes Original Research Article
Pages 402-412
Tetzuya Katoh, Ayumi Tanaka, Mamoru Mimuro

[38] Photoregulated carotenoid biosynthetic genes of Neurospora crassa Original Research Article
Pages 412-424
Giorgio Morelli, Mary Anne Nelson, Paola Ballario, Giuseppe Macino

Author index
Pages 425-441

Subject index
Pages 443-468