Carotenoid-9',10'-cleaving dioxygenase
| Carotenoid-9',10'-cleaving dioxygenase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 1.13.11.71 | ||||||||
| 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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Carotenoid-9',10'-cleaving dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.71, BCO2 (gene), beta-carotene 9',10'-monooxygenase (misleading)) is an enzyme with systematic name all-trans-beta-carotene:O2 oxidoreductase (9',10'-cleaving). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- all-trans-beta-carotene + O2 all-trans-10'-apo-beta-carotenal + beta-ionone
Carotenoid-9',10'-cleaving dioxygenase contains Fe2+.