Zeaxanthin glucosyltransferase

Zeaxanthin glucosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.276, crtX (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name UDP-glucose:zeaxanthin beta-D-glucosyltransferase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

2 UDP-glucose + zeaxanthin 2 UDP + zeaxanthin bis(beta-D-glucoside)
Zeaxanthin glucosyltransferase
Identifiers
EC number2.4.1.276
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

The reaction proceeds in two steps with the monoglucoside as an intermediate.

References

  1. Hundle BS, O'Brien DA, Alberti M, Beyer P, Hearst JE (October 1992). "Functional expression of zeaxanthin glucosyltransferase from Erwinia herbicola and a proposed uridine diphosphate binding site". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 89 (19): 9321–5. doi:10.1073/pnas.89.19.9321. PMC 50118. PMID 1409639.
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