Beta-apo-4'-carotenal oxygenase (EC 1.2.1.82, beta-apo-4'-carotenal dehydrogenase, YLO-1, carD (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name 4'-apo-beta,psi-carotenal:NAD+ oxidoreductase.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction:
| Beta-apo-4'-carotenal oxygenase | |||||||||
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| EC no. | 1.2.1.82 | ||||||||
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| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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- 4'-apo-beta, psi-caroten-4'-al + NAD+ + H2O neurosporaxanthin + NADH + 2 H+
Neurosporaxanthin is responsible for the orange color of Neurospora.
References
edit- ^ Estrada AF, Youssar L, Scherzinger D, Al-Babili S, Avalos J (September 2008). "The ylo-1 gene encodes an aldehyde dehydrogenase responsible for the last reaction in the Neurospora carotenoid pathway". Molecular Microbiology. 69 (5): 1207–20. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06349.x. PMID 18627463.
- ^ Díaz-Sánchez V, Estrada AF, Trautmann D, Al-Babili S, Avalos J (September 2011). "The gene carD encodes the aldehyde dehydrogenase responsible for neurosporaxanthin biosynthesis in Fusarium fujikuroi". The FEBS Journal. 278 (17): 3164–76. doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08242.x. PMID 21749649.
External links
edit- Beta-apo-4'-carotenal+oxygenase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
