Synthesis of betanin from betanidin and UDP-glucose by a protein preparation from cell suspension cultures ofDorotheanthus bellidiformis(Burm. f.) N. E. Br.

✍ Scribed by Susanne Heuer; Dieter Strack

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 275 KB
• Volume: 186
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0032-0935
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00198045

✦ Synopsis

Protein preparations from cell-suspension cultures of Dorotheanthus bellidiformis (Aizoaceae) catalyzed the formation of betanin (betanidin 5-0glucoside) from betanidin and uridine 5'-diphosphate(UDP)-glucose. The enzyme activity can be classified as UDP-glucose: betanidin 5-O-13-glucosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1).