Any feedback?
Please rate this page
(ecexplorer.php)
(0/150)

BRENDA support

EC Explorer

EC 2.1.1.210 Details
EC number
2.1.1.210
Accepted name
demethylspheroidene O-methyltransferase
Reaction
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + demethylspheroidene = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + spheroidene
Other name(s)
1-hydroxycarotenoid O-methylase, 1-hydroxycarotenoid methylase, 1-HO-carotenoid methylase, CrtF
Systematic name
S-adenosyl-L-methionine:demethylspheroidene O-methyltransferase
Comment
In Rhodopseudomonas capsulata and Rubrivivax gelatinosus the enzyme is involved in biosynthesis of spheroidene [1,2,3]. In Rubrivivax gelatinosus the enzyme also catalyses the methylation of demethylspirilloxanthin to spirilloxanthin and the methylation of 3,4-didehydrorhodopin to anhydrorhodovibrin [2].
History
created 2011
EC Tree
3.1.1.9 created 1961, deleted 1972
3.1.1.12 created 1961, deleted 1972
3.1.1.16 created 1961, deleted 1972
3.1.1.18 created 1961, deleted 1982
3.1.1.62 created 1989, deleted 1992
3.1.1.69 created 1992, deleted 2002