Lycopene epsilon-cyclase
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| EC number | 5.5.1.18 | ||||||||
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| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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Lycopene epsilon-cyclase (EC 5.5.1.18, CrtL-e, LCYe) is an enzyme with system name carotenoid psi-end group lyase (decyclizing).[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
carotenoid psi-end group 
carotenoid epsilon-end group
carotenoid epsilon-end groupThe carotenoid lycopene has the psi-end group at both ends.
References
- ↑ Cunningham, F.X., Jr. and Gantt, E. (2001). "One ring or two? Determination of ring number in carotenoids by lycopene ε-cyclases". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98: 2905–2910. doi:10.1073/pnas.051618398. PMC 30238. PMID 11226339.
- ↑ Stickforth, P., Steiger, S., Hess, W.R. and Sandmann, G. (2003). "A novel type of lycopene ε-cyclase in the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus marinus MED4". Arch. Microbiol. 179 (6): 409–415. doi:10.1007/s00203-003-0545-4. PMID 12712234.
External links
- Lycopene epsilon-cyclase at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)