Methylecgonone reductase
Methylecgonone reductase (EC 1.1.1.334, MecgoR (gene name)) is an enzyme with systematic name ecgonine methyl ester:NADP+ oxidoreductase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- ecgonine methyl ester + NADP+
ecgonone methyl ester + NADPH + H+
The enzyme from the plant Erythroxylum coca participates in the biosynthesis of cocaine.
References
- ↑ Jirschitzka, J., Schmidt, G.W., Reichelt, M., Schneider, B., Gershenzon, J. and D'Auria, J.C. (2012). "Plant tropane alkaloid biosynthesis evolved independently in the Solanaceae and Erythroxylaceae". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109 (26): 10304–10309. doi:10.1073/pnas.1200473109. PMC 3387132. PMID 22665766.
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