It is assumed that 3-methylbut-2-enal is formed. The enzyme cannot cleave the saturated 3',4'-bond of gamma-carotene which implies that a 3',4'-double bond is neccessary for this reaction.
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SYSTEMATIC NAME
IUBMB Comments
torulene:oxygen oxidoreductase
It is assumed that 3-methylbut-2-enal is formed. The enzyme cannot cleave the saturated 3',4'-bond of gamma-carotene which implies that a 3',4'-double bond is neccessary for this reaction.
enzyme is involved in the biosynthetic pathway to neurosporaxanthin. First step is the cleavage of 3,4-didehydrolycopene into apo-4'-lycopenal by Cao2, which is then oxidized by YLO-1 to yield apo-4'-lycopenoic acid, the last intermediate in the pathway. The final step is then catalyzed by the cyclase activity of AL-2
disruption of cao-2 leads to changes in the carotenoid content, as indicated by the reddish color of several transformants. Mutants accumulate a high proportion of neutral carotenoids including a high content of torulene
expression of carT in lycopene-accumulating Escherichia coli cells results in the formation of minor amounts of apocarotenoids, but no enzymatic activity is observed in beta-carotene-accumulating cells
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LITERATURE
Cao-2 exhibits the same transcriptional pattern as Al-2, which encodes the phytoene synthase/beta-cyclase. The mRNA levels for both genes are very low in vegetative mycelia grown in the dark, and increase markedly upon illumination. Illumination does not lead to any detectable increase of the Cao-2 and Al-2 mRNA amounts in wc-1 or wc-2 mutants, confirming that Cao-2 photoinduction is mediated by the WC-1/WC-2 photoreceptor system
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