IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 1.14.14.100

Accepted name: dihydrosanguinarine 10-monooxygenase

Reaction: dihydrosanguinarine + [reduced NADPH—hemoprotein reductase] + O2 = 10-hydroxydihydrosanguinarine + [oxidized NADPH—hemoprotein reductase] + H2O

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Other name(s): dihydrosanguinarine 10-hydroxylase

Systematic name: dihydrosanguinarine,[reduced NADPH—hemoprotein reductase]:oxygen oxidoreductase (10-hydroxylating)

Comments: A cytochrome P-450 (heme-thiolate) protein involved in benzophenanthridine alkaloid synthesis in higher plants.

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References:

1. De-Eknamkul, W., Tanahashi, T. and Zenk, M.H. Enzymic 10-hydroxylation and 10-O-methylation of dihydrosanguinarine in dihydrochelirubine formation by Eschscholtzia. Phytochemistry 31 (1992) 2713-2717.

[EC 1.14.14.100 created 1999 as EC 1.14.13.56, transferred 2018 to EC 1.14.14.100]


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