Reaction: UDP-glucose + 2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanenitrile = UDP + linamarin
Other name(s): uridine diphosphoglucose-ketone glucosyltransferase; uridine diphosphate-glucose-ketone cyanohydrin β-glucosyltransferase; UDP glucose ketone cyanohydrin glucosyltransferase; UDPglucose:ketone cyanohydrin β-glucosyltransferase; uridine diphosphoglucose-ketone cyanohydrin glucosyltransferase
Systematic name: UDP-glucose:2-hydroxy-2-methylpropanenitrile β-D-glucosyltransferase
Comments: The enzyme glucosylates the cyanohydrins of butanone and pentan-3-one as well as that of acetone.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 37277-68-2
References:
1. Hahlbrock, K. and Conn, E.E. The biosynthesis of cyanogenic glycosides in higher plants. I. Purification and properties of a uridine diphosphate-glucose-ketone cyanohydrin β-glucosyltransferase from Linum usitatissimum L. J. Biol. Chem. 245 (1970) 917-922. [PMID: 5417265]