Prolycopene isomerase (, ''CRTISO'', ''carotene cis-trans isomerase'', ''ZEBRA2 (gene)'', ''carotene isomerase'', ''carotenoid isomerase'') is an
enzyme with
systematic name ''7,9,7',9'-tetracis-lycopene cis-trans-isomerase''.
This enzyme
catalyses the following
chemical reaction
: 7,9,7',9'-tetracis-lycopene
all-trans-lycopene
This enzyme is involved in
carotenoid
Carotenoids (), also called tetraterpenoids, are yellow, orange, and red organic compound, organic pigments that are produced by plants and algae, as well as several bacteria, and Fungus, fungi. Carotenoids give the characteristic color to pumpki ...
biosynthesis.
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