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Entry
CR00135                                                            
Classification
Name
Phytoene desaturase
Definiton
Phytoene = Lycopene
Substrate
CA00061 (all-E)-Phytoene (all-E, 7,8+H, 11,12+H, 7',8'+H, 11',12'+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

Protein Name
CrtI
Organism(s) in references
Tomato, Haloarcula japonica(Ref.621)
Data sources/References
  • Ref.525 : Barnes FJ, Qureshi AA, Semmler EJ, Porter JW., J Biol Chem. 1973 Apr 25;248(8):2768-73., "Prelycopersene pyrophosphate and lycopersene. Intermediates in carotene biosynthesis."
  • Ref.621 : Ying Yang, Rie Yatsunami, Ai Ando, Nobuhiro Miyoko, Toshiaki Fukui, Shinichi Takaichi, Satoshi Nakamura, "Complete Biosynthetic Pathway of the C50 Carotenoid Bacterioruberin from Lycopene in the Extremely Halophilic Archaeon Haloarcula japonica", Journal of Bacteriology, May 2015 Volume 197 Number 9
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