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| Name       = All-trans-8'-apo-beta-carotenal 15,15'-oxygenase
| EC_number  = 1.14.99.41
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'''All-trans-8'-apo-beta-carotenal 15,15'-oxygenase''' ({{EC number|1.14.99.41}}, ''Diox1'', ''ACO'', ''8'-apo-beta-carotenal 15,15'-oxygenase'') is an [[Biology:Enzyme|enzyme]] with [[Biology:List of enzymes|systematic name]] ''all-trans-8'-apo-beta-carotenal:oxygen 15,15'-oxidoreductase (bond-cleaving)''.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ruch S, Beyer P, Ernst H, Al-Babili S | title = Retinal biosynthesis in Eubacteria: in vitro characterization of a novel carotenoid oxygenase from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 | journal = Molecular Microbiology | volume = 55 | issue = 4 | pages = 1015–24 | date = February 2005 | pmid = 15686550 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04460.x | doi-access =  }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kloer DP, Ruch S, Al-Babili S, Beyer P, Schulz GE | title = The structure of a retinal-forming carotenoid oxygenase | journal = Science | volume = 308 | issue = 5719 | pages = 267–9 | date = April 2005 | pmid = 15821095 | doi = 10.1126/science.1108965 }}</ref> This enzyme [[Chemistry:Catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[Chemistry:Chemical reaction|chemical reaction]]

: all-trans-8'-apo-beta-carotenal + O<sub>2</sub> <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> all-trans-retinal + (2E,4E,6E)-2,6-dimethylocta-2,4,6-trienedial

All-trans-8'-apo-beta-carotenal 15,15'-oxygenase contains an Fe<sup>2+</sup>-4His arrangement.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{MeshName|All-trans-8'-apo-beta-carotenal+15,15'-oxygenase}}

{{Dioxygenases}}
{{Enzymes}}

[[Category:EC 1.14.99]]

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