9,9'-Dicis-zeta-carotene desaturase

9,9'-dicis-zeta-carotene desaturase (EC 1.3.5.6, zeta-carotene desaturase, ZDS) is an enzyme with systematic name 9,9'-dicis-zeta-corotene:quinone oxidoreductase.[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

9,9'-dicis-zeta-carotene + 2 quinone 7,9,7',9'-tetracis-lycopene + 2 quinol (overall reaction)
(1a) 9,9'-dicis-zeta-carotene + a quinone 7,9,9'-tricis-neurosporene + a quinol
(1b) 7,9,9'-tricis-neurosporene + a quinone 7,9,7',9'-tetracis-lycopene + a quinol
9,9'-dicis-zeta-carotene desaturase
Identifiers
EC no.1.3.5.6
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This enzyme is involved in carotenoid biosynthesis in plants and cyanobacteria.

References

  1. Albrecht M, Linden H, Sandmann G (February 1996). "Biochemical characterization of purified zeta-carotene desaturase from Anabaena PCC 7120 after expression in Escherichia coli". European Journal of Biochemistry. 236 (1): 115–20. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00115.x. PMID 8617254.
  2. Josse EM, Simkin AJ, Gaffé J, Labouré AM, Kuntz M, Carol P (August 2000). "A plastid terminal oxidase associated with carotenoid desaturation during chromoplast differentiation". Plant Physiology. 123 (4): 1427–36. doi:10.1104/pp.123.4.1427. PMC 59099. PMID 10938359.
  3. Breitenbach J, Kuntz M, Takaichi S, Sandmann G (October 1999). "Catalytic properties of an expressed and purified higher plant type zeta-carotene desaturase from Capsicum annuum". European Journal of Biochemistry. 265 (1): 376–83. doi:10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00746.x. PMID 10491195.
  4. Breitenbach J, Sandmann G (March 2005). "zeta-Carotene cis isomers as products and substrates in the plant poly-cis carotenoid biosynthetic pathway to lycopene". Planta. 220 (5): 785–93. doi:10.1007/s00425-004-1395-2. PMID 15503129. S2CID 23793453.


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