Thebaine 6-O-demethylase

Thebaine 6-O-demethylase
Identifiers
EC number 1.14.11.31
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Thebaine 6-O-demethylase (EC 1.14.11.31, T6ODM) is an enzyme with systematic name thebaine,2-oxoglutarate:oxygen oxidoreductase (6-O-demethylating).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

thebaine + 2-oxoglutarate + O2 neopinone + formaldehyde + succinate + CO2

Thebaine 6-O-demethylase contains Fe2+.

References

  1. Hagel, J.M.; Facchini, P.J. (2010). "Dioxygenases catalyze the O-demethylation steps of morphine biosynthesis in opium poppy". Nat. Chem. Biol. 6 (4): 273–275. doi:10.1038/nchembio.317. PMID 20228795.
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