IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.1.1.210

Accepted name: demethylspheroidene O-methyltransferase

Reaction: S-adenosyl-L-methionine + demethylspheroidene = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + spheroidene

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Other name(s): 1-hydroxycarotenoid O-methylase; 1-hydroxycarotenoid methylase; 1-HO-carotenoid methylase; CrtF

Systematic name: S-adenosyl-L-methionine:demethylspheroidene O-methyltransferase

Comments: 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].

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References:

1. Badenhop, F., Steiger, S., Sandmann, M. and Sandmann, G. Expression and biochemical characterization of the 1-HO-carotenoid methylase CrtF from Rhodobacter capsulatus. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 222 (2003) 237-242. [PMID: 12770713]

2. Pinta, V., Ouchane, S., Picaud, M., Takaichi, S., Astier, C. and Reiss-Husson, F. Characterization of unusual hydroxy- and ketocarotenoids in Rubrivivax gelatinosus: involvement of enzyme CrtF or CrtA. Arch. Microbiol. 179 (2003) 354-362. [PMID: 12664193]

3. Scolnik, P.A., Walker, M.A. and Marrs, B.L. Biosynthesis of carotenoids derived from neurosporene in Rhodopseudomonas capsulata. J. Biol. Chem. 255 (1980) 2427-2432. [PMID: 7358679]

[EC 2.1.1.210 created 2011]


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