Reaction Details

Stochiometric Equation O2 + beta-Carotene <-> 2 all-trans-Retinal
Substrates
beta-Carotene
O2
Products
all-trans-Retinal
Enzymes known to catalyse this reaction (curated information)
EC Numberin OrganismUniProt LinkPubMedID
1.13.11.63 Homo sapiens UniProt 11960992
1.13.11.63 Mus musculus UniProt 11092891
Pathways Biosynthesis of cofactors
Metabolic pathways
Retinol metabolism


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