EC |
2.4.1.219 |
Accepted name: |
vomilenine glucosyltransferase |
Reaction: |
UDP-glucose + vomilenine = UDP + raucaffricine |
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For diagram of ajmaline, vinorine, vomilenine and raucaffricine biosynthesis, click here |
Other name(s): |
UDPG:vomilenine 21-β-D-glucosyltransferase |
Systematic name: |
UDP-glucose:vomilenine 21-O-β-D-glucosyltransferase |
Comments: |
The indole alkaloid raucaffricine accumulates during the culture of Rauvolfia cell suspensions. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB |
References: |
1. |
Warzecha, H., Obitz, P. and Stöckigt, J. Purification, partial amino acid sequence and structure of the product of raucaffricine-O-β-D-glucosidase from plant cell cultures of Rauwolfia serpentina. Phytochemistry 50 (1999) 1099–1109. [DOI] [PMID: 10234858] |
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Warzecha, H., Gerasimenko, I., Kutchan, T.M. and Stöckigt, J. Molecular cloning and functional bacterial expression of a plant glucosidase specifically involved in alkaloid biosynthesis. Phytochemistry 54 (2000) 657–666. [DOI] [PMID: 10975500] |
3. |
Ruyter, C.M. and Stöckigt, J. Enzymatic formation of raucaffricine, the major indole alkaloid of Rauwolfia serpentina cell-suspension cultures. Helv. Chim. Acta 74 (1991) 1707–1712. |
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[EC 2.4.1.219 created 2002] |
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