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Function
[LDOX_ARATH] Involved in anthocyanin and protoanthocyanidin biosynthesis by catalyzing the oxidation of leucoanthocyanidins into anthocyanidins. Possesses low flavonol synthase activity in vitro towards dihydrokaempferol and dihydroquercetin producing kaempferol and quercitin, respectively.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Flavonoids are common colorants in plants and have long-established biomedicinal properties. Anthocyanidin synthase (ANS), a 2-oxoglutarate iron-dependent oxygenase, catalyzes the penultimate step in the biosynthesis of the anthocyanin class of flavonoids. The crystal structure of ANS reveals a multicomponent active site containing metal, cosubstrate, and two molecules of a substrate analog (dihydroquercetin). An additional structure obtained after 30 min exposure to dioxygen is consistent with the oxidation of the dihydroquercetin to quercetin and the concomitant decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. Together with in vitro studies, the crystal structures suggest a mechanism for ANS-catalyzed anthocyanidin formation from the natural leucoanthocyanidin substrates involving stereoselective C-3 hydroxylation. The structure of ANS provides a template for the ubiquitous family of plant nonhaem oxygenases for future engineering and inhibition studies.
Structure and mechanism of anthocyanidin synthase from Arabidopsis thaliana.,Wilmouth RC, Turnbull JJ, Welford RW, Clifton IJ, Prescott AG, Schofield CJ Structure. 2002 Jan;10(1):93-103. PMID:11796114[6]
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References
- ↑ Abrahams S, Lee E, Walker AR, Tanner GJ, Larkin PJ, Ashton AR. The Arabidopsis TDS4 gene encodes leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase (LDOX) and is essential for proanthocyanidin synthesis and vacuole development. Plant J. 2003 Sep;35(5):624-36. PMID:12940955
- ↑ Welford RW, Kirkpatrick JM, McNeill LA, Puri M, Oldham NJ, Schofield CJ. Incorporation of oxygen into the succinate co-product of iron(II) and 2-oxoglutarate dependent oxygenases from bacteria, plants and humans. FEBS Lett. 2005 Sep 26;579(23):5170-4. PMID:16153644 doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2005.08.033
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- ↑ Appelhagen I, Jahns O, Bartelniewoehner L, Sagasser M, Weisshaar B, Stracke R. Leucoanthocyanidin Dioxygenase in Arabidopsis thaliana: characterization of mutant alleles and regulation by MYB-BHLH-TTG1 transcription factor complexes. Gene. 2011 Sep 15;484(1-2):61-8. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.05.031. Epub 2011 Jun, 12. PMID:21683773 doi:10.1016/j.gene.2011.05.031
- ↑ Welford RW, Clifton IJ, Turnbull JJ, Wilson SC, Schofield CJ. Structural and mechanistic studies on anthocyanidin synthase catalysed oxidation of flavanone substrates: the effect of C-2 stereochemistry on product selectivity and mechanism. Org Biomol Chem. 2005 Sep 7;3(17):3117-26. Epub 2005 Aug 1. PMID:16106293 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b507153d
- ↑ Wilmouth RC, Turnbull JJ, Welford RW, Clifton IJ, Prescott AG, Schofield CJ. Structure and mechanism of anthocyanidin synthase from Arabidopsis thaliana. Structure. 2002 Jan;10(1):93-103. PMID:11796114
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