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Acridone synthase

Acridone synthase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

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EC no.2.3.1.159
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Acridone synthase (EC 2.3.1.159) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

2D representation of the chemical structure of Q27104123.
N-methylanthraniloyl-CoA
+ 3
 
 
 
3 CO2
Rightward reaction arrow with minor product(s) to top right
 
 
 
2D representation of the chemical structure of Q27104124.
1,3-dihydroxy-N-methylacridone
 


The enzyme combines one unit of N-methylanthraniloyl-CoA with three of malonyl-CoA to produce one unit of 1,3-dihydroxy-N-methylacridone. Four units of coenzyme A and three of carbon dioxide are byproducts of this polyketide synthesis which leads to rutacridone.12 The enzyme was characterised from the plant Ruta graveolens.34

This enzyme belongs to the family of transferases, specifically those acyltransferases transferring groups other than aminoacyl groups. The systematic name of this enzyme class is malonyl-CoA:N-methylanthraniloyl-CoA malonyltransferase (cyclizing).5

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References

  1. Maier W, Baumert A, Schumann B, Furukawa H, Gröger D (1993). "Synthesis of 1,3-dihydroxy-N-methylacridone and its conversion to rutacridone by cell-free extracts of Ruta-graveolens cell cultures". Phytochemistry. 32 (3): 691–698. Bibcode:1993PChem..32..691M. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)95155-0.
  2. Baumert A, Maier W, Gröger D, Deutzmann R (1994). "Purification and properties of acridone synthase from cell suspension cultures of Ruta graveolens L". Z. Naturforsch. C. 49 (1–2): 26–32. doi:10.1515/znc-1994-1-205. PMID 8148006.
  3. Matern U; Springob, K; Urbanke, C; Ernwein, C; Schröder, G; Schröder, J; Matern, U (1999). "Native acridone synthases I and II from Ruta graveolens L. form homodimers". FEBS Lett. 448 (1): 135–40. Bibcode:1999FEBSL.448..135L. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(99)00355-5. PMID 10217426.
  4. Junghanns KT, Kneusel RE, Gröger D, Matern U (1998). "Differential regulation and distribution of acridone synthase in Ruta graveolens". Phytochemistry. 49 (2): 403–11. doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(98)00104-6. PMID 9747538.
  5. Enzyme 2.3.1.159 at KEGG Pathway Database.