8'-apo-beta-carotenoid_14',13'-cleaving_dioxygenase

8'-apo-beta-carotenoid 14',13'-cleaving dioxygenase

8'-apo-beta-carotenoid 14',13'-cleaving dioxygenase

Enzyme

8'-apo-beta-carotenoid 14',13'-cleaving dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.67) is an enzyme with systematic name 8'-apo-beta-carotenol:O2 oxidoreductase (14',13'-cleaving).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

8'-apo-beta-carotenol + O2 14'-apo-beta-carotenal + an uncharacterized product
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8'-apo-beta-carotenoid 14',13'-cleaving dioxygenase is a thiol-dependent enzyme isolated from rat and rabbit.

References

  1. [1]
    Dmitrovskii AA, Gessler NN, Gomboeva SB (July 1997). "Enzymatic oxidation of beta-apo-8'-carotenol to beta-apo-14'-carotenal by an enzyme different from beta-carotene-15,15'-dioxygenase". Biochemistry. Biokhimiia. 62 (7): 787–92. PMID 9331970.
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