5.5.1.19 carotenoid psi-end group - 5.5.1.19 delta-carotene - 5.5.1.19 gamma-carotene - 5.5.1.19 lycopene - 5.5.1.19 lycopene the crtL gene product converts the acyclic hydrocarbon lycopene into the bicyclic beat-carotene, an essential component of the photosynthetic apparatus in oxygen-evolving organisms and a source of vitamin A in human and animal nutrition 5.5.1.19 lycopene beta-LCY acts sequentially on both ends of lycopene, originating beta-carotene as a final product and gamma-carotene as an intermediate 5.5.1.19 additional information a bifunctional enzyme with lycopene cyclase and phytoene synthase activities 5.5.1.19 additional information the enzyme does not have epsilon-cyclization activity