NCBI Accession #
NP_001078131.1
NCBI GenBank Nucleotide #
NM_001084662.1
NCBI Official Full Name
lycopene cyclase
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols
AtLCY; LYCOPENE BETA-CYCLASE; lycopene cyclase
NCBI Protein Information
lycopene cyclase
NCBI Summary
Encodes a protein with lycopene beta-cyclase activity. This enzyme uses the linear, symmetrical lycopene as substrate. However, unlike the ε-cyclase which adds only one ring, the beta-cyclase introduces a ring at both ends of lycopene to form the bicyclic beta-carotene.
UniProt Synonym Gene Names
LYC
UniProt Protein Name
Lycopene beta cyclase, chloroplastic
UniProt Primary Accession #
Q38933
UniProt Secondary Accession #
Q39145; A8MR53
UniProt Related Accession #
Q38933
UniProt Comments
Catalyzes the double cyclization reaction which converts lycopene to beta-carotene and neurosporene to beta-zeacarotene.