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Entry
CR00134                                                            

Classification
Name
Phytoene desaturase
Definiton
ζ-carotene = Lycopene;
ζ-carotene + 2 Reduced acceptors + 2 02 = Lycopene + 2 Acceptors + 4 H2O;
ζ-carotene + 2 quinone = Lycopene + 2 quinonol
Substrate
CA00051 ζ-Carotene (7,8+H, 7',8'+H, psi,psi)
Product
CA00043 Lycopene (all-E, psi,psi)
Comment

Structure change

Chemical Fingerprint Changes 
Chemical Fingerprint Changes 
(improved)
Chemical Fingerprint Changes 
(improved ver.2)
EC number
1.3.99.26
Protein Name
CrtI
Organism(s) in references
Staphylococcus aureus
Data sources/References
  • 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 ENZYME: 1.3.99.26
    BRENDA: 1.3.99.26
    IUBMB: 1.3.99.26

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