All-trans-10'-apo-beta-carotenal_13,14-cleaving_dioxygenase

All-trans-10'-apo-beta-carotenal 13,14-cleaving dioxygenase

All-trans-10'-apo-beta-carotenal 13,14-cleaving dioxygenase

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All-trans-10'-apo-beta-carotenal 13,14-cleaving dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.70, CCD8 (gene), MAX4 (gene), NCED8 (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name all-trans-10'-apo-beta-carotenal:O2 oxidoreductase (13,14-cleaving).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

all-trans-10'-apo-beta-carotenal + O2 13-apo-beta-carotenone + (2E,4E,6E)-4-methylocta-2,4,6-trienedial
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The enzyme contains Fe2+.

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    Schwartz SH, Qin X, Loewen MC (November 2004). "The biochemical characterization of two carotenoid cleavage enzymes from Arabidopsis indicates that a carotenoid-derived compound inhibits lateral branching" (PDF). The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279 (45): 46940–5. doi:10.1074/jbc.M409004200. PMID 15342640.
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