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Lycopene beta cyclase

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EC number
  
5.5.1.19

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CAS number
  
220801-82-1

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Lycopene beta-cyclase (EC 5.5.1.19, CrtL, CrtL-b, CrtY) is an enzyme with systematic name carotenoid beta-end group lyase (decyclizing). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

carotenoid psi-end group carotenoid beta-end group

This enzyme requires NAD(P)H.

References

Lycopene beta-cyclase Wikipedia