IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 1.14.14.134

Accepted name: β-amyrin 24-hydroxylase

Reaction: (1) β-amyrin + [reduced NADPH—hemoprotein reductase] + O2 = 24-hydroxy-β-amyrin + [oxidized NADPH—hemoprotein reductase] + H2O
(2) sophoradiol + [reduced NADPH—hemoprotein reductase] + O2 = 24-hydroxysophoradiol + [oxidized NADPH—hemoprotein reductase] + H2O

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Glossary: 24-hydroxy-β-amyrin = olean-12-ene-3β,24-diol
24-hydroxysophoradiol = soyasapogenol B

Other name(s): sophoradiol 24-hydroxylase; CYP93E1

Systematic name: β-amyrin,[reduced NADPH—hemoprotein reductase]:oxygen oxidoreductase (24-hydroxylating)

Comments: A cytochrome P-450 (heme-thiolate) protein. Found in plants and participates in the biosynthesis of soybean saponins.

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References:

1. Shibuya, M., Hoshino, M., Katsube, Y., Hayashi, H., Kushiro, T. and Ebizuka, Y. Identification of β-amyrin and sophoradiol 24-hydroxylase by expressed sequence tag mining and functional expression assay. FEBS J. 273 (2006) 948-959. [PMID: 16478469]

[EC 1.14.14.134 created 2011 as EC 1.14.99.43, transferred 2018 to EC 1.14.14.134]


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