Reaction: (1) versicolorone + NADP+ = 1'-hydroxyversicolorone + NADPH + H+
(2) versiconol acetate + NADP+ = versiconal hemiacetal acetate + NADPH + H+
(3) versiconol + NADP+ = versiconal + NADPH + H+
For diagram of reaction click here.
Glossary: 1'-hydroxyversicolorone = (2S,3S)-2,4,6,8-tetrahydroxy-3-(3-oxobutyl)anthra[2,3-b]furan-5,10-dione
versiconal = (2S,3S)-2,4,6,8-tetrahydroxy-3-(2-hydroxyethyl)anthra[2,3-b]furan-5,10-dione
versiconal hemiacetal acetate = 2-[(2S,3S)-2,4,6,8-tetrahydroxy-5,10-dioxo-5,10-dihydroanthra[2,3-b]furan-3-yl]ethyl acetate
versiconol = 1,3,6,8-tetrahydroxy-3-[(2S)-1,4-dihydroxybutan-2-yl]anthracene-5,10-dione
versiconol acetate = (3S)-4-hydroxy-3-[1,3,6,8-tetrahydroxy-9,10-dioxo-9,10-dihydroanthracen-2-yl]butyl acetate
versicolorone = 1,3,6,8-tetrahydroxy-2-[(2S)-1-hydroxy-5-oxohexan-2-yl]anthracene-5,10-dione
Other name(s): VHA reductase; VHA reductase I; VHA reductase II; vrdA (gene name)
Systematic name: versiconol-acetate:NADP+ oxidoreductase
Comments: Isolated from the mold Aspergillus parasiticus. Involved in a metabolic grid that leads to aflatoxin biosynthesis.
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References:
1. Matsushima, K., Ando, Y., Hamasaki, T. and Yabe, K. Purification and characterization of two versiconal hemiacetal acetate reductases involved in aflatoxin biosynthesis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60 (1994) 2561-2567. [PMID: 16349333]
2. Shima, Y., Shiina, M., Shinozawa, T., Ito, Y., Nakajima, H., Adachi, Y. and Yabe, K. Participation in aflatoxin biosynthesis by a reductase enzyme encoded by vrdA gene outside the aflatoxin gene cluster. Fungal Genet. Biol. 46 (2009) 221-231. [PMID: 19211038]