Reaction: (1) dihydroisopentenyldehydrorhodopin + acceptor = isopentenyldehydrorhodopin + reduced acceptor
(2) dihydrobisanhydrobacterioruberin + acceptor = bisanhydrobacterioruberin + reduced acceptor
For diagram of reaction click here.
Glossary: bisanhydrobacterioruberin = (2S,2S')-2,2'-bis(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-3,4-didehydro-1,1',2,2'-tetrahydro-ψ,ψ-carotene-1,1'-diol
dihydrobisanhydrobacterioruberin = (2S,2S')-2,2'-bis(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-3,3',4,4'-tetradehydro-1,1',2,2'-tetrahydro-ψ,ψ-carotene-1,1'-diol
dihydroisopentenyldehydrorhodopin = (2S)-2-(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-3,4-didehydro-1,2-dihydro-ψ,ψ-caroten-1-ol
isopentenyldehydrorhodopin = (2S)-2-(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-1,2-dihydro-ψ,ψ-caroten-1-ol
Other name(s): crtD (gene name)
Systematic name: dihydroisopentenyldehydrorhodopin:acceptor 3,4-oxidoreductase
Comments: The enzyme, isolated from the archaeon Haloarcula japonica, is involved in the biosynthesis of the C50 carotenoid bacterioruberin. In this pathway it catalyses the desaturation of the C-3,4 double bond in dihydroisopentenyldehydrorhodopin and the desaturation of the C-3',4' double bond in dihydrobisanhydrobacterioruberin.
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References:
1. Yang, Y., Yatsunami, R., Ando, A., Miyoko, N., Fukui, T., Takaichi, S. and Nakamura, S. Complete biosynthetic pathway of the C50 carotenoid bacterioruberin from lycopene in the extremely halophilic archaeon Haloarcula japonica. J. Bacteriol. 197 (2015) 1614-1623. [PMID: 25712483]