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1.5.3.12

Accepted name:

dihydrobenzophenanthridine oxidase

Reaction:

(1) dihydrosanguinarine + O₂ = sanguinarine + H₂O₂
(2) dihydrochelirubine + O₂ = chelirubine + H₂O₂
(3) dihydromacarpine + O₂ = macarpine + H₂O₂

For diagram of chelirubine, macarpine and sanguinarine biosynthesis, click here

Systematic name:

dihydrobenzophenanthridine:oxygen oxidoreductase

Comments:

A Cu^II enzyme found in higher plants that produces oxidized forms of the benzophenanthridine alkaloids

Links to other databases:

BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 114051-83-1

References:

1.	Schumacher, H.-M. and Zenk, M.H. Partial purification and characterization of dihydrobenzophenanthridine oxidase from Eschscholtzia tenuifolia cell suspension cultures. Plant Cell Reports 7 (1988) 43–46. [PMID: 24241413]
2.	Arakawa, H., Clark, W.G. , Psenak. M. and Coscia, C.J. Purification and characterization of dihydrobenzophenanthridine oxidase from elicited Sanguinaria canadensis cell cultures. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 299 (1992) 1–7. [DOI] [PMID: 1444440]

[EC 1.5.3.12 created 1999]