Structural highlights
Function
[RETO_ESCCA] Essential to the formation of benzophenanthridine alkaloids in the response of plants to pathogenic attack. Catalyzes the stereospecific conversion of the N-methyl moiety of (S)-reticuline into the berberine bridge carbon of (S)-scoulerine.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Berberine bridge enzyme catalyzes the conversion of (S)-reticuline to (S)-scoulerine by formation of a carbon-carbon bond between the N-methyl group and the phenolic ring. We elucidated the structure of berberine bridge enzyme from Eschscholzia californica and determined the kinetic rates for three active site protein variants. Here we propose a catalytic mechanism combining base-catalyzed proton abstraction with concerted carbon-carbon coupling accompanied by hydride transfer from the N-methyl group to the N5 atom of the FAD cofactor.
A concerted mechanism for berberine bridge enzyme.,Winkler A, Lyskowski A, Riedl S, Puhl M, Kutchan TM, Macheroux P, Gruber K Nat Chem Biol. 2008 Dec;4(12):739-41. Epub 2008 Oct 26. PMID:18953357[1]
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References
- ↑ Winkler A, Lyskowski A, Riedl S, Puhl M, Kutchan TM, Macheroux P, Gruber K. A concerted mechanism for berberine bridge enzyme. Nat Chem Biol. 2008 Dec;4(12):739-41. Epub 2008 Oct 26. PMID:18953357 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.123
