IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 1.1.1.195

Accepted name: cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase

Reaction: cinnamyl alcohol + NADP+ = cinnamaldehyde + NADPH + H+

Other name(s): cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase; CAD

Systematic name: cinnamyl-alcohol:NADP+ oxidoreductase

Comments: Acts on coniferyl alcohol, sinapyl alcohol, 4-coumaryl alcohol and cinnamyl alcohol (cf. EC 1.1.1.194 coniferyl-alcohol dehydrogenase).

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 55467-36-2

References:

1. Sarni, F., Grand, C. and Baudet, A.M. Purification and properties of cinnamoyl-CoA reductase and cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase from poplar stems (Populus X euramericana). Eur. J. Biochem. 139 (1984) 259-265. [PMID: 6365550]

2. Wyrambik, D. and Grisebach, H. Purification and properties of isoenzymes of cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase from soybean-cell-suspension cultures. Eur. J. Biochem. 59 (1975) 9-15. [PMID: 1250]

3. Wyrambik, D. and Grisebach, H. Enzymic synthesis of lignin precursors. Further studies on cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase from soybean-cell-suspension cultures. Eur. J. Biochem. 97 (1979) 503-509. [PMID: 572771]

[EC 1.1.1.195 created 1984]


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