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 dioxygenase | |||||||||
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| EC no. | 1.13.11.59 | ||||||||
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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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- torulene + O2 4'-apo-beta, psi-caroten-4'-al + 3-methylbut-2-enal
It is assumed that 3-methylbut-2-enal is formed.
References edit
- ^ Prado-Cabrero A, Estrada AF, Al-Babili S, Avalos J (April 2007). "Identification and biochemical characterization of a novel carotenoid oxygenase: elucidation of the cleavage step in the Fusarium carotenoid pathway". Molecular Microbiology. 64 (2): 448–60. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05665.x. PMID 17493127.
- ^ Saelices L, Youssar L, Holdermann I, Al-Babili S, Avalos J (November 2007). "Identification of the gene responsible for torulene cleavage in the Neurospora carotenoid pathway". Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 278 (5): 527–37. doi:10.1007/s00438-007-0269-2. PMID 17610084.
- ^ Estrada AF, Maier D, Scherzinger D, Avalos J, Al-Babili S (November 2008). "Novel apocarotenoid intermediates in Neurospora crassa mutants imply a new biosynthetic reaction sequence leading to neurosporaxanthin formation". Fungal Genetics and Biology. 45 (11): 1497–505. doi:10.1016/j.fgb.2008.09.001. PMID 18812228.
External links edit
- Torulene+dioxygenase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
