| EC |
4.2.1.73 |
| Accepted name: |
protoaphin-aglucone dehydratase (cyclizing) |
| Reaction: |
protoaphin aglucone = xanthoaphin + H2O |
| Other name(s): |
protoaphin dehydratase; protoaphin dehydratase (cyclizing); protoaphin-aglucone hydro-lyase (cyclizing) |
| Systematic name: |
protoaphin-aglucone hydro-lyase (cyclizing; xanthoaphin-forming) |
| Comments: |
The product is converted non-enzymically to erythroaphin, an aphid pigment. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 64177-87-3 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Cameron, D.W., Sawyer, W.H. and Trikojus, V.M. Colouring matters of the Aphidoidea. XLII. Purification and properties of the cyclising enzyme [Protoaphin dehydratase (cyclising)] concerned with pigment transformation in the wooly aphid Eriosoma lanigerum Hausmann (Hemiptera: Insecta). Aust. J. Biol. Sci. 30 (1977) 173–181. |
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