IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.3.1.152

Accepted name: alcohol O-cinnamoyltransferase

Reaction: 1-O-trans-cinnamoyl-β-D-glucopyranose + ROH = alkyl cinnamate + glucose

Systematic name: 1-O-trans-cinnamoyl-β-D-glucopyranose:alcohol O-cinnamoyltransferase

Comments: acceptor alcohols (ROH) include methanol, ethanol and propanol. No cofactors are required as 1-O-trans-cinnamoyl-β-D-glucopyranose itself is an "energy-rich" (activated) acyl-donor, comparable to CoA-thioesters. 1-O-trans-Cinnamoyl-β-D-gentobiose can also act as the acyl donor, but with much less affinity.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 203009-15-8

References:

1. Mock, H.-P., Strack, D. Energetics of uridine 5'-diphosphoglucose-hydroxy-cinnamic acid acyl-glucotransferase reaction. Phytochemistry 32 (1993) 575-579.

2. Latza, S., Gansser, D., Berger, R.G. Carbohydrate esters of cinnamic acid from fruits of Physalis peruviana, Psidium guajava and Vaccinium vitis IDAEA. Phytochemistry 43 (1996) 481-485.

[EC 2.3.1.152 created 1999]


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