Entry
Name
bisanhydrobacterioruberin hydratase;
CruF;
C50 carotenoid 2'',3''-hydratase
Class
Lyases;
Carbon-oxygen lyases;
Hydro-lyases
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
bacterioruberin hydro-lyase (bisanhydrobacterioruberin-forming)
Reaction(IUBMB)
bacterioruberin = bisanhydrobacterioruberin + 2 H2O (overall reaction) [RN:
R12710 ];
(1a) bacterioruberin = monoanhydrobacterioruberin + H2O [RN:
R12711 ];
(1b) monoanhydrobacterioruberin = bisanhydrobacterioruberin + H2O [RN:
R12712 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
bacterioruberin [CPD:
C22349 ];
monoanhydrobacterioruberin [CPD:
C22348 ]
Product
bisanhydrobacterioruberin [CPD:
C22347 ];
H2O [CPD:
C00001 ];
monoanhydrobacterioruberin [CPD:
C22348 ]
Comment
The enzyme, isolated from the archaeon Haloarcula japonica, is involved in the biosynthesis of the C50 carotenoid bacterioruberin. In this pathway it catalyses the introduction of hydroxyl groups to C3'' and C3''' of bisanhydrobacterioruberin to generate bacterioruberin.
History
EC 4.2.1.161 created 2015
Pathway
ec01110 Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites
Orthology
K08977 bisanhydrobacterioruberin hydratase
Genes
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Taxonomy
Reference
Authors
Yang Y, Yatsunami R, Ando A, Miyoko N, Fukui T, Takaichi S, Nakamura S
Title
Complete biosynthetic pathway of the C50 carotenoid bacterioruberin from lycopene in the extremely halophilic archaeon Haloarcula japonica.
Journal
Sequence
Other DBs
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 4.2.1.161
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