Torulene dioxygenase
| Torulene dioxygenase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 1.13.11.59 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| 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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Torulene dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.59, CAO-2, CarT) is an enzyme with systematic name torulene:oxygen oxidoreductase.[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- torulene + O2 4'-apo-beta,psi-caroten-4'-al + 3-methylbut-2-enal
It is assumed that 3-methylbut-2-enal is formed.
References
- ^ Prado-Cabrero, A., Estrada, A.F., Al-Babili, S. and Avalos, J. (2007). "Identification and biochemical characterization of a novel carotenoid oxygenase: elucidation of the cleavage step in the Fusarium carotenoid pathway". Mol. Microbiol. 64 (2): 448–460. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05665.x. PMID 17493127.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Saelices, L., Youssar, L., Holdermann, I., Al-Babili, S. and Avalos, J. (2007). "Identification of the gene responsible for torulene cleavage in the Neurospora carotenoid pathway". Mol. Genet. Genomics. 278 (5): 527–537. doi:10.1007/s00438-007-0269-2. PMID 17610084.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Estrada, A.F., Maier, D., Scherzinger, D., Avalos, J. and Al-Babili, S. (2008). "Novel apocarotenoid intermediates in Neurospora crassa mutants imply a new biosynthetic reaction sequence leading to neurosporaxanthin formation". Fungal Genet. Biol. 45 (11): 1497–1505. doi:10.1016/j.fgb.2008.09.001. PMID 18812228.
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External links
- Torulene+dioxygenase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)