Reaction: UDP-glucose + limonin = glucosyl-limonin + UDP
Other name(s): uridine diphosphoglucose-limonoid glucosyltransferase
Systematic name: UDP-glucose:limonin glucosyltransferase
Comments: The enzyme purified from navel orange albedo tissue also acts on the related tetranortriterpenoid nomilin.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 195836-82-9
References:
1. Shin, H., Suhayda, C.G., Hsu, W.-J. and Robertson, G.H. Purification of limonoid glucosyltransferase from navel orange albedo tissue. Phytochemistry 46 (1997) 33-37.