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Beta apo 4' carotenal oxygenase

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EC number
  
1.2.1.82

BRENDA
  
BRENDA entry

KEGG
  
KEGG entry

IntEnz
  
IntEnz view

ExPASy
  
NiceZyme view

MetaCyc
  
metabolic pathway

Beta-apo-4'-carotenal oxygenase (EC 1.2.1.82, beta-apo-4'-carotenal dehydrogenase, YLO-1, carD (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name 4'-apo-beta,psi-carotenal:NAD+ oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction:

4'-apo-beta,psi-caroten-4'-al + NAD+ + H2O ⇌ neurosporaxanthin + NADH + 2 H+

Neurosporaxanthin is responsible for the orange color of Neurospora.

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Beta-apo-4'-carotenal oxygenase Wikipedia
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