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EC 1.13.11.70 Details
EC number
1.13.11.70
Accepted name
all-trans-10′-apo-β-carotenal 13,14-cleaving dioxygenase
Reaction
all-trans-10′-apo-β-carotenal + O2 = 13-apo-β-carotenone + (2E,4E,6E)-4-methylocta-2,4,6-trienedial
Other name(s)
CCD8 (gene name),
MAX4 (gene name),
NCED8 (gene name),
all-trans-10′-apo-β-carotenal:O2 oxidoreductase (13,14-cleaving)
Systematic name
all-trans-10′-apo-β-carotenal:oxygen oxidoreductase (13,14-cleaving)
Comment
Requires Fe2+. The enzyme from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana also catalyses EC 1.13.11.69, carlactone synthase, 10-fold faster.
History
created 2012
EC Tree
1.13.11.7 created 1965 as EC 1.13.1.7, transferred 1972 to EC 1.13.11.7, deleted 1980
1.13.11.21 created 1972, deleted 2001