Biology:Tetrahydroberberine oxidase

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tetrahydroberberine oxidase
Identifiers
EC number1.3.3.8
CAS number114705-00-9
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(S)-Tetrahydroberberine oxidase (EC 1.3.3.8) is an enzyme that catalyzes the final transformation in the biosynthesis of berberine, a quaternary benzylisoquinoline alkaloid of the protoberberine structural subgroup.[1][2] This reaction pathway catalyzes the four-electron oxidation of (S)-tetrahydroberberine (also known as (S)-canadine) in the presence of oxygen to produce berberine and hydrogen peroxide as products.

(S)-Tetrahydroberberine + 2 O2  ⇌  Berberine + 2 H2O2

This enzyme belongs to the family known as oxidoreductases, in this instance the CH-CH moiety acts as the electron donor with oxygen acting as the electron acceptor. The systematic name of this enzyme is (S)-tetrahydroberberine:oxygen oxidoreductase; but it is also known as (S)-THB oxidase, tetrahydroberberine oxidase, and decreasingly, as (S)-tetrahydroprotoberberine oxidase.[3][4]

References

  1. "Purification and properties of (S)-tetrahydroprotoberberine oxidase from suspension-cultured cells of Berberis wilsoniae". European Journal of Biochemistry 175 (1): 17–25. July 1988. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1988.tb14160.x. PMID 3402447. 
  2. "(S)-tetrahydroprotoberberine oxidase the final enzyme in protoberberine biosynthesis". Tetrahedron Lett 25 (9): 953–4. 1984. doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)80071-X. 
  3. "Purification and characterization of (S)-tetrahydroberberine oxidase from cultured Coptis japonica cells". Phytochemistry 27 (4): 979–82. 1988. doi:10.1016/0031-9422(88)80255-3. 
  4. "Isolation, sequence, and bacterial expression of a cDNA for (S)-tetrahydroberberine oxidase from cultured berberine-producing Coptis japonica cells". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 86 (2): 534–8. January 1989. doi:10.1073/pnas.86.2.534. PMID 2463630. Bibcode1989PNAS...86..534O.