| Lycopene ε-cyclase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 5.5.1.18 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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Lycopene ε-cyclase (EC 5.5.1.18, CrtL-e, LCYe) is an enzyme with systematic name carotenoid psi-end group lyase (decyclizing).[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
carotenoid psi-end group carotenoid epsilon-end group
The carotenoid lycopene has the psi-end group at both ends.
