The Enzyme Database

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EC 1.13.11.82     
Accepted name: 8′-apo-carotenoid 13,14-cleaving dioxygenase
Reaction: 8′-apo-β-carotenal + O2 = 13-apo-β-carotenone + 2,6-dimethyldeca-2,4,6,8-tetraenedial
For diagram of 8′-apo-β-carotenal metabolites, click here
Other name(s): NACOX1 (gene name)
Systematic name: 8′-apo-β-carotenal:oxygen 13,14-dioxygenase (bond-cleaving)
Comments: Isolated from the bacterium Novosphingobium aromaticivorans. It is less active with 4′-apo-β-carotenal and γ-carotene.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Kim, Y.S., Seo, E.S. and Oh, D.K. Characterization of an apo-carotenoid 13,14-dioxygenase from Novosphingobium aromaticivorans that converts β-apo-8′-carotenal to β-apo-13-carotenone. Biotechnol. Lett. 34 (2012) 1851–1856. [DOI] [PMID: 22711425]
[EC 1.13.11.82 created 2015]
 
 


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