1-Hydroxycarotenoid 3,4-desaturase

Class of enzymes 1-hydroxycarotenoid 3,4-desaturase 1.3.99.27 1-Hydroxycarotenoid 3,4-desaturase (1.3.99.27, CrtD, hydroxyneurosporene desaturase, carotenoid 3,4-dehydrogenase, 1-hydroxy-carotenoid 3,4-dehydrogenase) is an enzyme with systematic name 1-hydroxy-1,2-dihydrolycopene:acceptor oxidoreductase. Teramoto M, Rählert N, Misawa N, Sandmann G 1-Hydroxy monocyclic carotenoid 3,4-dehydrogenase from a marine bacterium that produces myxol FEBS Letters 570 1–3 184–8 July 2004 15251462 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.05.085 2004FEBSL.570..184T free Steiger S, Astier C, Sandmann G Substrate specificity of the expressed carotenoid 3,4-desaturase from Rubrivivax gelatinosus reveals the detailed reaction sequence to spheroidene and spirilloxanthin The Biochemical Journal 349 Pt 2 635–40 July 2000 10880364 1221188 10.1042/0264-6021:3490635 Albrecht M, Ruther A, Sandmann G Purification and biochemical characterization of a hydroxyneurosporene desaturase involved in the biosynthetic pathway of the carotenoid spheroidene in Rhodobacter sphaeroides Journal of Bacteriology 179 23 7462–7 December 1997 10.1128/jb.179.23.7462-7467.1997 9393712 179698 This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction 1-hydroxy-1,2-dihydrolycopene + acceptor 1-hydroxy-3,4-didehydro-1,2-dihydrolycopene + reduced acceptor The enzymes from Rubrivivax gelatinosus and Rhodobacter sphaeroides acts primarily on acyclic carotenoids. References External links 1-hydroxycarotenoid+3,4-desaturase Biology no Category:EC 1.3.99