Reaction: (1) (3R)-3-hydroxy-16-methoxy-2,3-dihydrotabersonine + acceptor = (3R)-3-hydroxy-16-methoxy-1,2-didehydro-2,3-dihydrotabersonine + reduced acceptor
(2) (3R)-3-hydroxy-2,3-dihydrotabersonine + acceptor = (3R)-3-hydroxy-1,2-didehydro-2,3-dihydrotabersonine + reduced acceptor
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Other name(s): T3R; tabersonine 3-reductase
Systematic name: (3R)-3-hydroxy-16-methoxy-2,3-dihydrotabersonine:acceptor oxidoreductase
Comments: This enzyme is involved in the biosynthesis of vindoline and vindorosine in the plant Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar periwinkle). In vivo, it functions in the direction of reduction. It has no activity with 3-epoxylated compounds, which can form spontaneously from its unstable substrates.
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References:
1. Qu, Y., Easson, M.L., Froese, J., Simionescu, R., Hudlicky, T. and De Luca, V. Completion of the seven-step pathway from tabersonine to the anticancer drug precursor vindoline and its assembly in yeast. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 112 (2015) 6224-6229. [PMID: 25918424]