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Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Rhodotorula glutinis¹

^a Fruit and Vegetable Chemistry Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pasadena, California 91106, and Department of Food and Resource Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881

ABSTRACT

It was determined that lycopene could be cyclized directly by Rhodotorula glutinis. It was also shown the the temperature effect (i.e., increased ß-carotene synthesis in response to lower incubation temperatures) in R. glutinis was controlled by changes in enzyme concentration.

¹ Contribution no. 1539 of the Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station, Kingston, R.I.

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