| EC |
1.13.11.82 |
| Accepted name: |
8′-apo-carotenoid 13,14-cleaving dioxygenase |
| Reaction: |
8′-apo-β-carotenal + O2 = 13-apo-β-carotenone + 2,6-dimethyldeca-2,4,6,8-tetraenedial |
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For diagram of 8′-apo-β-carotenal metabolites, click here |
| Other name(s): |
NACOX1 (gene name) |
| Systematic name: |
8′-apo-β-carotenal:oxygen 13,14-dioxygenase (bond-cleaving) |
| Comments: |
Isolated from the bacterium Novosphingobium aromaticivorans. It is less active with 4′-apo-β-carotenal and γ-carotene. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc |
| References: |
| 1. |
Kim, Y.S., Seo, E.S. and Oh, D.K. Characterization of an apo-carotenoid 13,14-dioxygenase from Novosphingobium aromaticivorans that converts β-apo-8′-carotenal to β-apo-13-carotenone. Biotechnol. Lett. 34 (2012) 1851–1856. [DOI] [PMID: 22711425] |
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| [EC 1.13.11.82 created 2015] |
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