Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
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15-cis-phytoene + 2 plastoquinone | Arabidopsis thaliana | phytoene desaturase is an early enzyme of the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway | 9,15,9'-tricis-zeta-carotene + 2 plastoquinol | - |
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Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Arabidopsis thaliana | - |
Columbia ecotype | - |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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15-cis-phytoene + 2 plastoquinone | phytoene desaturase is an early enzyme of the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway | Arabidopsis thaliana | 9,15,9'-tricis-zeta-carotene + 2 plastoquinol | - |
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Organism | Comment | Expression |
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Arabidopsis thaliana | there is no significant induction of phytoene desaturase gene expression specific to white tissue, indicating that phytoene desaturase expression is independent of the pigment status of the cells | additional information |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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physiological function | phytoene desaturase is an early enzyme of the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway | Arabidopsis thaliana |