ExplorEnz: EC 1.2.99.10

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1.2.99.10

Accepted name:

4,4′-diapolycopenoate synthase

Reaction:

(1) 4,4′-diapolycopen-4-al + H₂O + acceptor = 4,4′-diapolycopen-4-oate + reduced acceptor
(2) 4,4′-diapolycopene-4,4′-dial + 2 H₂O + 2 acceptor = 4,4′-diapolycopene-4,4′-dioate + 2 reduced acceptor

For diagram of C₃₀ carotenoid biosynthesis, click here

Other name(s):

crtNc; 4,4′-diapolycopenealdehyde oxidase (misleading)

Systematic name:

4,4′-diapolycopen-4-al,donor:oxygen oxidoreductase (4,4′-diapolycopen-4-oate-forming)

Comments:

The enzyme has been described from the bacteria Methylomonas sp. 16a and Bacillus indicus.

Links to other databases:

BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc

References:

1.	Tao, L., Schenzle, A., Odom, J.M. and Cheng, Q. Novel carotenoid oxidase involved in biosynthesis of 4,4′-diapolycopene dialdehyde. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71 (2005) 3294–3301. [DOI] [PMID: 15933032]
2.	Steiger, S., Perez-Fons, L., Cutting, S.M., Fraser, P.D. and Sandmann, G. Annotation and functional assignment of the genes for the C₃₀ carotenoid pathways from the genomes of two bacteria: Bacillus indicus and Bacillus firmus. Microbiology 161 (2015) 194–202. [DOI] [PMID: 25326460]

[EC 1.2.99.10 created 2017]