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Palmitoylation of Metazoan Carotenoid Oxygenases.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 22 Apr 2020
Uppal Sheetal, Rogozin Igor B, Redmond T Michael, Poliakov Eugenia
Abstract excerpt
Abundant in nature, carotenoids are a class of fat-soluble pigments with a polyene tetraterpenoid structure. They possess antioxidant properties and their consumption leads to certain health benefits in humans. Carotenoid cleavage oxygenases (CCOs) are a superfamily of enzymes which oxidatively cleave carotenoids and they are present in all kingdoms of life. Complexity of CCO evolution is high. For example, in...
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