Any feedback?
Please rate this page
(literature.php)
(0/150)

BRENDA support

Literature summary for 1.3.5.6 extracted from

  • Stickforth, P.; Sandmann, G.
    Structural and kinetics properties of a mutated phytoene desaturase from Rubrivivax gelatinosus with modified product specificity (2011), Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 505, 118-122.
    View publication on PubMed

Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
crtI gene, construction of different mutation libraries used for screening for mutants which synthesize almost exclusively either neurosporene or lycopene, cloning n Escherichia coli strain DH5alpha Rubrivivax gelatinosus

Protein Variants

Protein Variants Comment Organism
D355G naturally occuring mutation Rubrivivax gelatinosus
D53G naturally occuring mutation Rubrivivax gelatinosus
L153P naturally occuring mutation, which influences the secondary structure of the enzyme Rubrivivax gelatinosus
L208F naturally occuring mutation, which influences the secondary structure of the enzyme Rubrivivax gelatinosus
L208P naturally occuring mutation, which influences the secondary structure of the enzyme Rubrivivax gelatinosus
L278P naturally occuring mutation, which influences the secondary structure of the enzyme Rubrivivax gelatinosus
L424P naturally occuring mutation, which influences the secondary structure of the enzyme Rubrivivax gelatinosus
additional information in mutant EP21, zeta-carotene and phytofluene, which are both early intermediates of the desaturation pathway and which are absent in the wild-type, are the main carotene products Rubrivivax gelatinosus
P134L naturally occuring mutation, which influences the secondary structure of the enzyme Rubrivivax gelatinosus
T256M naturally occuring mutation Rubrivivax gelatinosus
V395A naturally occuring mutation Rubrivivax gelatinosus
Y44C naturally occuring mutation Rubrivivax gelatinosus

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
0.0048
-
phytoene pH 8.0, 28°C, recombinant mutant L208F Rubrivivax gelatinosus
0.0148
-
phytoene pH 8.0, 28°C, recombinant wild-type enzyme Rubrivivax gelatinosus
0.0171
-
phytoene pH 8.0, 28°C, recombinant mutant L208P Rubrivivax gelatinosus
0.0331
-
7,9,9'-tricis-neurosporene pH 8.0, 28°C, recombinant wild-type enzyme Rubrivivax gelatinosus
0.0417
-
7,9,9'-tricis-neurosporene pH 8.0, 28°C, recombinant mutant L208P Rubrivivax gelatinosus
0.0658
-
7,9,9'-tricis-neurosporene pH 8.0, 28°C, recombinant mutant L208F Rubrivivax gelatinosus

Localization

Localization Comment Organism GeneOntology No. Textmining
membrane transmembrane enzyme, model, overview Rubrivivax gelatinosus 16020
-

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
7,9,9'-tricis-neurosporene + a quinone Rubrivivax gelatinosus
-
7,9,7',9'-tetracis-lycopene + a quinol
-
?
7,9,9'-tricis-neurosporene + a quinone Rubrivivax gelatinosus CGMCC 6086
-
7,9,7',9'-tetracis-lycopene + a quinol
-
?
phytoene + quinone Rubrivivax gelatinosus
-
7,9,9'-tricis-neurosporene + quinol
-
?
phytoene + quinone Rubrivivax gelatinosus CGMCC 6086
-
7,9,9'-tricis-neurosporene + quinol
-
?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Rubrivivax gelatinosus
-
gene crtI
-

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
7,9,9'-tricis-neurosporene + a quinone
-
Rubrivivax gelatinosus 7,9,7',9'-tetracis-lycopene + a quinol
-
?
7,9,9'-tricis-neurosporene + a quinone
-
Rubrivivax gelatinosus CGMCC 6086 7,9,7',9'-tetracis-lycopene + a quinol
-
?
phytoene + quinone
-
Rubrivivax gelatinosus 7,9,9'-tricis-neurosporene + quinol
-
?
phytoene + quinone
-
Rubrivivax gelatinosus CGMCC 6086 7,9,9'-tricis-neurosporene + quinol
-
?

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
CrtI
-
Rubrivivax gelatinosus
phytoene desaturase
-
Rubrivivax gelatinosus

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
28
-
assay at Rubrivivax gelatinosus

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
8
-
assay at Rubrivivax gelatinosus

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
metabolism phytoene desaturase CrtI from Rubrivivax gelatinosus catalyzes simultaneously a three- and four-step desaturation producing both neurosporene and lycopene. These carotenes are intermediates for the synthesis of spheroidene and spirilloxanthin, respectively Rubrivivax gelatinosus
additional information Leu208, located in a highly hydrophobic membrane-integrated region, is important in substrate binding Rubrivivax gelatinosus