IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 1.1.1.321

Accepted name: benzil reductase [(R)-benzoin forming]

Reaction: (R)-benzoin + NADP+ = benzil + NADPH + H+

Glossary: (R)-benzoin = (2R)-2-hydroxy-1,2-diphenylethanone
benzil = 1,2-diphenylethane-1,2-dione

Systematic name: (R)-benzoin:NADP+ oxidoreductase

Comments: The enzyme from the bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae is able to reduce enantioselectively only one of the two carbonyl groups of benzil to give optically active (R)-benzoin.

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References:

1. Konishi, J., Ohta, H. and Tuchihashi, G. Asymmetric reduction of benzil to benzoin catalyzed by the enzyme system of a microorganism. Chem. Lett. 14 (1985) 1111-1112.

[EC 1.1.1.321 created 2012]


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