title: Carotenoid-binding proteins; accessories to carotenoid function.
abstract: Understanding of the widespread biological importance of carotenoids is increasing. Accompanying this is the developing recognition that the interaction of carotenoids with other molecules, such as proteins, is also essential. Here the significance of carotenoid-protein interactions with respect to biological function is reviewed for three well characterised carotenoprotein complexes; crustacyanin, the orange carotenoid protein and glutathione-S-transferase P1. In addition a preliminary report is made on the recent partial purification of an echinenone-binding protein extracted from a New Zealand sea urchin, Evechinus chloroticus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. jodi.pilbrow@otago.ac.nz
authors.forename: Jodi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pilbrow
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Garama
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carne
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012617:Sea Urchins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; C018494:crustacyanins; D002338:Carotenoids