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Entry
CR00161                                                            

Classification
Name
Carotenoid 5,8 epoxidase (tetatively assigned by Carotenoids DB)
Definiton
Anthexraxanthin + HCL = Mutatoxanthin
Substrate
CA00407 Antheraxanthin (5,6+H, 3-OH, 3'-OH, 5,6-Epoxy, beta,beta)
Product
CA00410 Mutatoxanthin (5,8+H, 3-OH, 3'-OH, 5,8-Epoxy, beta,beta)
Comment

Structure change

Chemical Fingerprint Changes 
Chemical Fingerprint Changes 
(improved)
Chemical Fingerprint Changes 
(improved ver.2)
EC number

Protein Name

Organism(s) in references

Data sources/References
  • Ref.37 : N. I. Krinsky, and T. H. Goldsmith, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 91, 271-279 (1960), "The Carotenoids of the Flagellated Alga, Euglena gracilis"
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