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Carotene epsilon-monooxygenase
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Carotene epsilon-monooxygenase |
| EC_number | 1.14.99.45 |
Carotene epsilon-monooxygenase (, CYP97C1, LUT1) is an enzyme with systematic name alpha-carotene:oxygen oxidoreductase (3-hydroxylating). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
: alpha-carotene + O2 + AH2 \rightleftharpoons alpha-cryptoxanthin + A + H2O
Carotene epsilon-monooxygenase is a heme-thiolate protein (P450)..
References
References
- (September 1996). "Arabidopsis carotenoid mutants demonstrate that lutein is not essential for photosynthesis in higher plants". The Plant Cell.
- (January 2004). "The Arabidopsis LUT1 locus encodes a member of the cytochrome p450 family that is required for carotenoid epsilon-ring hydroxylation activity". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
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