id: Pfam:PF04240
pfam_id: PF04240
name: Carotenoid biosynthesis protein
short_name: Caroten_synth
seed_status: EX_DUF
characterization_status: UNSCORED
curation_status: SEEDED
source_url: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/api/entry/pfam/PF04240
counters:
  proteins: 2764
  matches: 2774
  proteomes: 2661
  taxa: 4360
  structures: 0
  alphafold_models: 1868
  domain_architectures: 8
provenance:
  snapshot_id: interpro-pfam-duf-2026-10-10
  path: data/worklists/interpro-pfam-duf-2026-10-10.json
  sha256: 17fb625876c9326ed284263a47bcd84e0d7844a31c040dc06cd2260c36f1c383
  generated_at: '2026-10-10T07:44:21.614711Z'
  source_url: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/api/entry/pfam/
interpro_id: InterPro:IPR007354
description: The representative member of this family is CruF, a C50 carotenoid 2',3'-hydratase involved
  in the synthesis of the C50 carotenoid bacterioruberin in the halophilic archaeon Haloarcula japonica
  [[cite:PUB00077981]].