IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.3.1.216

Accepted name: 5,7-dihydroxy-2-methylchromone synthase

Reaction: 5 malonyl-CoA = 5 CoA + 5,7-dihydroxy-2-methyl-4H-chromen-4-one + 5 CO2 + H2O

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Other name(s): pentaketide chromone synthase

Systematic name: malonyl-CoA:malonyl-CoA malonyltransferase (5,7-dihydroxy-2-methyl-4H-chromen-4-one-forming)

Comments: A polyketide synthase from the plant Aloe arborescens (aloe).

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References:

1. Abe, I., Utsumi, Y., Oguro, S., Morita, H., Sano, Y. and Noguchi, H. A plant type III polyketide synthase that produces pentaketide chromone. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127 (2005) 1362-1363. [PMID: 15686354]

[EC 2.3.1.216 created 2013]


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