Artículo
Carotenoid Cleavage Oxygenases from Microbes and Photosynthetic Organisms: Features and Functions
Autor/es | Ahrazem, Oussama
Gómez Gómez, Lourdes Rodrigo, María J. Ávalos Cordero, Francisco Javier Limón Mirón, María del Carmen |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Genética |
Fecha de publicación | 2016 |
Fecha de depósito | 2016-11-15 |
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Resumen | Apocarotenoids are carotenoid-derived compounds widespread in all major taxonomic groups, where they play important roles in different physiological processes. In addition, apocarotenoids include compounds with high economic ... Apocarotenoids are carotenoid-derived compounds widespread in all major taxonomic groups, where they play important roles in different physiological processes. In addition, apocarotenoids include compounds with high economic value in food and cosmetics industries. Apocarotenoid biosynthesis starts with the action of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases (CCDs), a family of non-heme iron enzymes that catalyze the oxidative cleavage of carbon–carbon double bonds in carotenoid backbones through a similar molecular mechanism, generating aldehyde or ketone groups in the cleaving ends. From the identification of the first CCD enzyme in plants, an increasing number of CCDs have been identified in many other species, including microorganisms, proving to be a ubiquitously distributed and evolutionarily conserved enzymatic family. This review focuses on CCDs from plants, algae, fungi, and bacteria, describing recent progress in their functions and regulatory mechanisms in relation to the different roles played by the apocarotenoids in these organisms. |
Identificador del proyecto | AGL2015-70218
BIO2013-44239-R AGL2012-34573 BIO2012-39716 BIO2009-11131 P07-CVI-02813 CTS-6638 PROMETEOII/2014/027 |
Cita | Ahrazem, O., Gómez Gómez, L., Rodrigo, M.J., Avalos Cordero, F.J. y Limón Mirón, M.d.C. (2016). Carotenoid Cleavage Oxygenases from Microbes and Photosynthetic Organisms: Features and Functions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 17 (11), 1781-. |
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