Isolation and characterization of carotenoproteins in higher plant systems
For the first time, a procedure has been developed for the isolation of intact $\alpha$- and $\beta$-carotene binding carotenoprotein from carrot chromoplasts. Initial attempts to isolate and purify this protein from spinach chloroplasts was unsuccessful because of contaminating chlorophyll and chlorophyll proteins.
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