| EC |
3.2.1.126 |
| Accepted name: |
coniferin β-glucosidase |
| Reaction: |
coniferin + H2O = D-glucose + coniferol |
| Other name(s): |
coniferin-hydrolyzing β-glucosidase |
| Systematic name: |
coniferin β-D-glucosidase |
| Comments: |
Also hydrolyses syringin, 4-cinnamyl alcohol β-glucoside and, more slowly, some other aryl β-glycosides. A plant cell-wall enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of lignin. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 83869-30-1 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Hösel, W., Surholt, E. and Borgmann, E. Characterization of β-glucosidase isoenzymes possibly involved in lignification from chick pea (Cicer arietinum L.) cell suspension cultures. Eur. J. Biochem. 84 (1978) 487–492. [DOI] [PMID: 25181] |
| 2. |
Marcinowski, S. and Grisebach, H. Enzymology of lignification. Cell-wall bound β-glucosidase for coniferin from spruce (Picea abies) seedlings. Eur. J. Biochem. 87 (1978) 37–44. [DOI] [PMID: 27355] |
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