| EC |
1.2.1.82 |
| Accepted name: |
β-apo-4′-carotenal oxygenase |
| Reaction: |
4′-apo-β,ψ-caroten-4′-al + NAD+ + H2O = neurosporaxanthin + NADH + 2 H+ |
| Glossary: |
neurosporaxanthin = 4′-apo-β,ψ-caroten-4′-oic acid |
| Other name(s): |
β-apo-4′-carotenal dehydrogenase; YLO-1; carD (gene name) |
| Systematic name: |
4′-apo-β,ψ-carotenal:NAD+ oxidoreductase |
| Comments: |
Neurosporaxanthin is responsible for the orange color of of Neurospora. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc |
| References: |
| 1. |
Estrada, A.F., Youssar, L., Scherzinger, D., Al-Babili, S. and Avalos, J. The ylo-1 gene encodes an aldehyde dehydrogenase responsible for the last reaction in the Neurospora carotenoid pathway. Mol. Microbiol. 69 (2008) 1207–1220. [DOI] [PMID: 18627463] |
| 2. |
Diaz-Sanchez, V., Estrada, A.F., Trautmann, D., Al-Babili, S. and Avalos, J. The gene carD encodes the aldehyde dehydrogenase responsible for neurosporaxanthin biosynthesis in Fusarium fujikuroi. FEBS J. 278 (2011) 3164–3176. [DOI] [PMID: 21749649] |
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