EC	4.2.99.22
Accepted name:	tuliposide A-converting enzyme
Reaction:	6-tuliposide A = tulipalin A + D-glucose
Glossary:	6-tuliposide A = 6-O-(4-hydroxy-2-methylenebutanoyl)-D-glucose tulipalin A = 2-methylenebutanolactone
Other name(s):	tuliposide-converting enzyme; 6-O-(4′-hydroxy-2′-methylenebutyryl)-D-glucose acyltransferase (lactone-forming); TCA; TCEA
Systematic name:	6-tuliposide A D-glucose-lyase (tulipalin-A-forming)
Comments:	Isolated from the plant Tulipa gesneriana (tulip). The reaction is an intramolecular transesterification producing the lactone. The enzyme also has a weak activity with 6-tuliposide B and 6-O-benzoyl-D-glucose.
References:	1.  Kato, Y., Shoji, K., Ubukata, M., Shigetomi, K., Sato, Y., Nakajima, N. and Ogita, S. Purification and characterization of a tuliposide-converting enzyme from bulbs of Tulipa gesneriana. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 73 (2009) 1895–1897. [PMID: 19661715] 2.  Nomura, T., Ogita, S. and Kato, Y. A novel lactone-forming carboxylesterase: molecular identification of a tuliposide A-converting enzyme in tulip. Plant Physiol. 159 (2012) 565–578. [PMID: 22474185]
[EC 4.2.99.22 created 2013]