KEGG Orthology (KO) [BR:ko00001]
09100 Metabolism
09109 Metabolism of terpenoids and polyketides
00906 Carotenoid biosynthesis
K00514 ZDS, crtQ; zeta-carotene desaturase
Enzymes [BR:ko01000]
1. Oxidoreductases
1.3 Acting on the CH-CH group of donors
1.3.5 With a quinone or related compound as acceptor
1.3.5.6 9,9'-dicis-zeta-carotene desaturase
K00514 ZDS, crtQ; zeta-carotene desaturase
Two Arabidopsis thaliana carotene desaturases, phytoene desaturase and zeta-carotene desaturase, expressed in Escherichia coli, catalyze a poly-cis pathway to yield pro-lycopene.