Leachianone-G 2''-dimethylallyltransferase

Leachianone-G 2''-dimethylallyltransferase
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EC no.2.5.1.71
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Leachianone-G 2''-dimethylallyltransferase (EC 2.5.1.71, LG 2''-dimethylallyltransferase, leachianone G 2''-dimethylallyltransferase, LGDT) is an enzyme with systematic name dimethylallyl-diphosphate:leachianone-G 2''-dimethylallyltransferase.[1] It catalyses the following chemical reaction:

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2D representation of the chemical structure of Q27121984.
leachianone G
 
 
Rightward reaction arrow with minor product(s) to top right
 
 
 

This membrane-bound enzyme characterised from Sophora flavescens is located in the plastids and requires magnesium ion, Mg2+, for activity.[2] The product flavanone, sophoraflavanone G, is a phytoncide.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Enzyme 2.5.1.71 at KEGG Pathway Database.
  2. ↑ Zhao P, Inoue K, Kouno I, Yamamoto H (November 2003). "Characterization of leachianone G 2"-dimethylallyltransferase, a novel prenyl side-chain elongation enzyme for the formation of the lavandulyl group of sophoraflavanone G in Sophora flavescens Ait. cell suspension cultures". Plant Physiology. 133 (3): 1306–13. doi:10.1104/pp.103.025213. PMC 281625. PMID 14551337.
  3. ↑ Duka R, Ardelean D (2010). "Phytoncides and Phytoalexins – Vegetal Antibiotics" (PDF). Jurnal Medical Aradean (Arad Medical Journal). 13 (3): 19–25.