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EC 2.4.1.178     
Accepted name: hydroxymandelonitrile glucosyltransferase
Reaction: UDP-glucose + 4-hydroxymandelonitrile = UDP + taxiphyllin
Other name(s): cyanohydrin glucosyltransferase; uridine diphosphoglucose-cyanohydrin glucosyltransferase
Systematic name: UDP-glucose:4-hydroxymandelonitrile glucosyltransferase
Comments: 3,4-Dihydroxymandelonitrile can also act as acceptor.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 89287-39-8
References:
1.  Hösel, W. and Schiel, O. Biosynthesis of cyanogenic glucosides: in vitro analysis of the glucosylation step. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 229 (1984) 177–186. [DOI] [PMID: 6230992]
2.  Poulton, J.E. and Shin, S.-I. Prunasin biosynthesis by cell-free-extracts from black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh) fruits and leaves. Z. Naturforsch. C: Biosci. 38 (1983) 369–374.
[EC 2.4.1.178 created 1989]
 
 


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