| EC |
2.1.1.121 |
| Accepted name: |
6-O-methylnorlaudanosoline 5′-O-methyltransferase |
| Reaction: |
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + 6-O-methylnorlaudanosoline = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + nororientaline |
| Systematic name: |
S-adenosyl-L-methionine:6-O-methylnorlaudanosoline 5′-O-methyltransferase |
| Comments: |
Nororientaline is a precursor of the alkaloid papaverine. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 89511-99-9 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Rueffer, M., Nagakura, N., Zenk, M.H. A highly specific O-methyltransferase for nororientaline synthesis isolated from Argemone platyceras cell cultures. Planta Med. 49 (1983) 196–198. [PMID: 17405051] |
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| [EC 2.1.1.121 created 1999] |
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