9-cis-beta-carotene 9',10'-cleaving dioxygenase

9-cis-beta-carotene 9',10'-cleaving dioxygenase
Identifiers
EC number	1.13.11.68
Databases
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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9-cis-beta-carotene 9',10'-cleaving dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.68, CCD7 (gene), MAX3 (gene), NCED7 (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name 9-cis-beta-carotene:O₂ oxidoreductase (9',10'-cleaving).^[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

9-cis-beta-carotene + O₂ $\rightleftharpoons$ 9-cis-10'-apo-beta-carotenal + beta-ionone

9-cis-beta-carotene 9',10'-cleaving dioxygenase contains Fe²⁺.

References

1. Booker, J., Auldridge, M., Wills, S., McCarty, D., Klee, H. and Leyser, O. (2004). "MAX3/CCD7 is a carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase required for the synthesis of a novel plant signaling molecule". Curr. Biol. 14 (14): 1232–1238. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2004.06.061. PMID 15268852.
2. Alder, A., Jamil, M., Marzorati, M., Bruno, M., Vermathen, M., Bigler, P., Ghisla, S., Bouwmeester, H., Beyer, P. and Al-Babili, S. (2012). "The path from β-carotene to carlactone, a strigolactone-like plant hormone". Science 335 (6074): 1348–1351. doi:10.1126/science.1218094. PMID 22422982.

External links

• 9-cis-beta-carotene 9',10'-cleaving dioxygenase at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)