InterPro domain: IPR014101

General Information

  • Identifier IPR014101
  • Description Prolycopene isomerase
  • Number of genes 96
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  • Associated GO terms GO:0046608   GO:0016117  

Abstract

CRTISO is a carotene cis-trans-isomerase that converts 7,9,9'-tri-cis-neurosporene to 9'-cis-neurosporene and 7,9,9',7'-tetra-cis-lycopene (also known as prolycopene) into all-trans-lycopene [ 1 , 2 ].


1. Analysis in vitro of the enzyme CRTISO establishes a poly-cis-carotenoid biosynthesis pathway in plants. Plant Physiol. 136, 4246-55
2. Identification of the carotenoid isomerase provides insight into carotenoid biosynthesis, prolamellar body formation, and photomorphogenesis. Plant Cell 14, 321-32

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