vitexin beta-glucosyltransferase | |||||||||
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Identifiers | |||||||||
EC no. | 2.4.1.105 | ||||||||
CAS no. | 76828-68-7 | ||||||||
Databases | |||||||||
IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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In enzymology, a vitexin beta-glucosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.105) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- UDP-glucose + vitexin UDP + vitexin 2"-O-beta-D-glucoside
Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are UDP-glucose and vitexin, whereas its two products are UDP and vitexin 2"-O-beta-D-glucoside.
This enzyme belongs to the family of glycosyltransferases, specifically the hexosyltransferases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is UDP-glucose:vitexin 2. This enzyme is also called uridine diphosphoglucose-vitexin 2"-glucosyltransferase.
References[edit]
- Kamsteeg J, Besson E, Chopin J (1980). "The 2''-O-glucosylation of vitexin and isovitexin in petals of Silene alba is catalysed by two different enzymes". Phytochemistry. 19 (9): 1935–1937. doi:10.1016/0031-9422(80)83007-X. hdl:1874/24857.
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