Reaction: 4-coumaroyl-CoA + shikimate = CoA + 4-coumaroylshikimate
Other name(s): shikimate hydroxycinnamoyltransferase
Systematic name: 4-coumaroyl-CoA:shikimate O-(hydroxycinnamoyl)transferase
Comments: Caffeoyl-CoA, feruloyl-CoA and sinapoyl-CoA can also act as donors, but more slowly.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 73904-44-6
References:
1. Strack, D., Keller, H. and Weissenböck, G. Enzymatic-synthesis of hydroxycinnamic acid-esters of sugar acids and hydroaromatic acids by protein preparations from rye (Secale cereale) primary leaves. J. Plant Physiol. 131 (1987) 61-73.
2. Ulbrich, B. and Zenk, M.H. Partial purification and properties of p-hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA:shikimate-p-hydroxycinnamoyl transferase from higher plants. Phytochemistry 19 (1980) 1625-1629.