Synephrine dehydratase
| synephrine dehydratase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 4.2.1.88 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 104118-54-9 | ||||||||
| 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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The enzyme synephrine dehydratase (EC 4.2.1.88) catalyzes the chemical reaction
- (R)-synephrine (4-hydroxyphenyl)acetaldehyde + methylamine
This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically the hydro-lyases, which cleave carbon-oxygen bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is (R)-synephrine hydro-lyase (methylamine-forming).
References
[edit]- Veeraswamy M, Devi NA, Kutty RK, Rao PV (1976). "Conversion of (+/-)-synephrine into p-hydroxyphenylacetaldehyde by Arthrobacter synephrinum. A novel enzymic reaction". Biochem. J. 159 (3): 807–9. PMC 1164186. PMID 1008837.
