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EC 1.13.11.71     
Accepted name: carotenoid-9′,10′-cleaving dioxygenase
Reaction: all-trans-β-carotene + O2 = all-trans-10′-apo-β-carotenal + β-ionone
For diagram of 10′-apo-β-carotenal biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): BCO2 (gene name); β-carotene 9′,10′-monooxygenase (misleading); all-trans-β-carotene:O2 oxidoreductase (9′,10′-cleaving)
Systematic name: all-trans-β-carotene:oxygen oxidoreductase (9′,10′-cleaving)
Comments: Requires Fe2+. The enzyme catalyses the asymmetric oxidative cleavage of carotenoids. The mammalian enzyme can also cleave all-trans-lycopene.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Kiefer, C., Hessel, S., Lampert, J.M., Vogt, K., Lederer, M.O., Breithaupt, D.E. and von Lintig, J. Identification and characterization of a mammalian enzyme catalyzing the asymmetric oxidative cleavage of provitamin A. J. Biol. Chem. 276 (2001) 14110–14116. [DOI] [PMID: 11278918]
2.  Lindqvist, A., He, Y.G. and Andersson, S. Cell type-specific expression of β-carotene 9′,10′-monooxygenase in human tissues. J. Histochem. Cytochem. 53 (2005) 1403–1412. [DOI] [PMID: 15983114]
[EC 1.13.11.71 created 2012]
 
 


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