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EC 1.14.15.24 Details
EC number
1.14.15.24
Accepted name
β-carotene 3-hydroxylase
Reaction
β-carotene + 4 reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + 2 H+ + 2 O2 = zeaxanthin + 4 oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + 2 H2O (overall reaction);;(1a) β-carotene + 2 reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H+ + O2 = β-cryptoxanthin + 2 oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O;;(1b) β-cryptoxanthin + 2 reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H+ + O2 = zeaxanthin + 2 oxidized ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster + H2O
Other name(s)
β-carotene 3,3′-monooxygenase, CrtZ
Systematic name
β-carotene,reduced ferredoxin [iron-sulfur] cluster:oxygen 3-oxidoreductase
Comment
Requires ferredoxin and Fe(II). Also acts on other carotenoids with a β-end group. In some species canthaxanthin is the preferred substrate.
History
created 2011 as EC 1.14.13.129, transferred 2017 to EC 1.14.15.24
EC Tree
1.6.7.1 created 1972, deleted 1978
1.6.7.2 created 1972, deleted 1978
1.6.7.3 created 1978, deleted 1978
1.14.99.5 created 1972, modified 1986, modified 2000, deleted 2000
1.14.99.6 created 1972, modified 2000, deleted 2000
1.14.99.8 created 1972, deleted 1984
1.14.99.13 created 1972, deleted 1984
1.14.99.16 created 1972, deleted 2002
1.14.99.17 created 1972, deleted 1976
1.14.99.18 created 1976, modified 1999, deleted 2003
1.14.99.25 created 1986, deleted 2000