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  • Pfitzner, A.; Krausch, B.; Stoeckigt, J.
    Characteristics of vellosimine reductase, a specific enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of the Rauwolfia alkaloid sarpagine (1984), Tetrahedron, 40, 1691-1699.
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General Stability

EC Number General Stability Organism
1.1.1.273 highly instable enzyme, in crude extracts, half-life of activity is 25 h at 4°C, 0.25% activity remains after 7 d, activity depends completely on the presence of 2-mercaptoethanol Rauvolfia serpentina

Inhibitors

EC Number Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
1.1.1.273 1,10-phenanthroline 1 mM, 71% inhibition Rauvolfia serpentina
1.1.1.273 EDTA 1 mM, 77% inhibition Rauvolfia serpentina
1.1.1.273 NADP+ noncompetitive inhibition Rauvolfia serpentina
1.1.1.273 neocuproin 1 mM, 65% inhibition Rauvolfia serpentina

KM Value [mM]

EC Number KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
1.1.1.273 0.0167
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vellosimine
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Rauvolfia serpentina
1.1.1.273 0.02
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NADPH
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Rauvolfia serpentina

Molecular Weight [Da]

EC Number Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
1.1.1.273 42000
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Rauvolfia serpentina

Organism

EC Number Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
1.1.1.273 Catharanthus roseus
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1.1.1.273 no activity in Alstonia scholaris
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1.1.1.273 no activity in Carissa macrocarpa
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1.1.1.273 no activity in Catharanthus roseus
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1.1.1.273 no activity in Coleus blumei
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1.1.1.273 no activity in Malus sylvestris
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1.1.1.273 no activity in Nicotiana sylvestris
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1.1.1.273 no activity in Picralima nitida
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1.1.1.273 no activity in Rhazya stricta
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1.1.1.273 no activity in Stemmadenia tomentosa
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1.1.1.273 no activity in Tabernanthe iboga
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1.1.1.273 no activity in Voacanga africana
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1.1.1.273 Rauvolfia serpentina
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1.1.1.273 Rauvolfia verticillata
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1.1.1.273 Rauvolfia vomitoria
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1.1.1.273 Vinca herbacea
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1.1.1.273 Vinca minor
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Purification (Commentary)

EC Number Purification (Comment) Organism
1.1.1.273
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Rauvolfia serpentina

Source Tissue

EC Number Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
1.1.1.273 cell suspension culture
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Catharanthus roseus
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1.1.1.273 cell suspension culture
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Rauvolfia vomitoria
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1.1.1.273 cell suspension culture
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Rauvolfia serpentina
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1.1.1.273 cell suspension culture
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Rauvolfia verticillata
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1.1.1.273 cell suspension culture
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Vinca minor
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1.1.1.273 cell suspension culture
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Vinca herbacea
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Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

EC Number Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
1.1.1.273 0.00018
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vellosimine reduction in cell suspension culture Vinca herbacea
1.1.1.273 0.0006
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vellosimine reduction in cell suspension culture Vinca minor
1.1.1.273 0.0012
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Rauvolfia serpentina
1.1.1.273 0.013
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vellosimine reduction in cell suspension culture Rauvolfia vomitoria
1.1.1.273 0.0156
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vellosimine reduction in cell suspension culture Catharanthus roseus
1.1.1.273 0.0192
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vellosimine reduction in cell suspension culture Rauvolfia verticillata

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
1.1.1.273 16-epi-vellosimine + NADPH
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Rauvolfia serpentina ?
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?
1.1.1.273 deoxyajmalal B + NADPH
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Rauvolfia serpentina ?
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?
1.1.1.273 gardneral + NADPH
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Rauvolfia serpentina ?
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?
1.1.1.273 geissoschizal + NADPH
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Rauvolfia serpentina ?
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?
1.1.1.273 N-methylgardneral + NADPH
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Rauvolfia serpentina ?
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?
1.1.1.273 vellosimine + NADPH
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Rauvolfia serpentina 10-deoxysarpagine + NADP+
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?

pH Optimum

EC Number pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
1.1.1.273 7.6
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Rauvolfia serpentina

pH Range

EC Number pH Minimum pH Maximum Comment Organism
1.1.1.273 5 8.5 50% of maximal activity at pH 6.8 and pH 7.6 respectively Rauvolfia serpentina

Cofactor

EC Number Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
1.1.1.273 NADPH absolutely specific for NADPH Rauvolfia serpentina