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Entry
CR00119                                                            
Classification
Name
Phytoene desaturase; 15-Cis-phytoene:acceptor oxidoreductase (3,4-didehydrolycopene-forming)
Definiton
Lycopene + Acceptor = 3,4-Didehydrolycopene + Reduced acceptor
Substrate
CA00043 Lycopene (all-E, psi,psi)
Product
CA00042 3,4-Dehydrolycopene (3,4--H, psi,psi)
Comment

Structure change

Chemical Fingerprint Changes 
Chemical Fingerprint Changes 
(improved)
Chemical Fingerprint Changes 
(improved ver.2)
EC number
1.3.99.30
Protein Name
CrtI
Organism(s) in references
Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous, Staphylococcus aureus
Data sources/References
  • Ref.537 : Jan C. Verdoes, Gerhard Sandmann, Hans Visser, Maria Diaz, Minca van Mossel, and Albert J. J. van Ooyen, Appl Environ Microbiol. 2003 Jul; 69(7): 3728–3738., "Metabolic Engineering of the Carotenoid Biosynthetic Pathway in the Yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous (Phaffia rhodozyma)"
  • Ref.540 : Benjamin N. Mijts, Pyung Cheon Lee, Claudia Schmidt-Dannert, Chemistry & Biology, Volume 12, Issue 4, April 2005, Pages 453–460, "Identification of a Carotenoid Oxygenase Synthesizing Acyclic Xanthophylls: Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Directed Evolution"
    • Links to other DB
    KEGG REACTION: R07518
    KEGG ORTHOLOGY: K15745(AL1)
    KEGG ENZYME: 1.3.99.30
    BRENDA: 1.3.99.30
    IUBMB: 1.3.99.30

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