Pterocarpin synthase

medicarpin + NADP⁺ + H₂O $rightleftharpoons$ vestitone + NADPH + H⁺

The 3 substrates of this enzyme are medicarpin, NADP⁺, and H₂O, whereas its 3 products are vestitone, NADPH, and H⁺.

This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on the CH-OH group of donor with NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor. The systematic name of this enzyme class is medicarpin:NADP+ 2'-oxidoreductase. This enzyme is also called pterocarpan synthase. This enzyme participates in isoflavonoid biosynthesis.

References

• Bless W and Barz W "Isolation of pterocarpan synthase, the terminal enzyme of pterocarpan phytoalexin biosynthesis in cell-suspension cultures of Cicer arietinum". FEBS Lett. 235 47–50.

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The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is .

Gene Ontology (GO) codes