Hydroquinone glucosyltransferase

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In enzymology, a hydroquinone glucosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.218) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

UDP-glucose + hydroquinone UDP + hydroquinone-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are UDP-glucose and hydroquinone, whereas its two products are UDP and hydroquinone-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside.

This enzyme belongs to the family of glycosyltransferases, specifically the hexosyltransferases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is UDP-glucose:hydroquinone-O-beta-D-glucosyltransferase. Other names in common use include arbutin synthase, and hydroquinone:O-glucosyltransferase.

[edit] References

• IUBMB entry for 2.4.1.218
• BRENDA references for 2.4.1.218 (Recommended.)
• PubMed references for 2.4.1.218
• PubMed Central references for 2.4.1.218
• Google Scholar references for 2.4.1.218
• Arend J, Warzecha H, Stockigt J (2000). "Hydroquinone: O-glucosyltransferase from cultivated Rauvolfia cells: enrichment and partial amino acid sequences". Phytochemistry. 53: 187–93. PMID 10680170. 
• Arend J, Warzecha H, Hefner T, Stockigt J (2001). "Utilizing genetically engineered bacteria to produce plant-specific glucosides". Biotechnol. Bioeng. 76: 126–31. PMID 11505382. 

[edit] External links

• IUBMB entry for 2.4.1.218

• KEGG entry for 2.4.1.218

• BRENDA entry for 2.4.1.218

• NiceZyme view of 2.4.1.218

• EC2PDB: PDB structures for 2.4.1.218

• PRIAM entry for 2.4.1.218

• PUMA2 entry for 2.4.1.218

• IntEnz: Integrated Enzyme entry for 2.4.1.218

• MetaCyc entry for 2.4.1.218

• Atomic-resolution structures of enzymes belonging to this class

[edit] Gene Ontology (GO) codes

• EGO entry for GO code 0050505: hydroquinone glucosyltransferase

• AMIGO entry for GO code 0050505: hydroquinone glucosyltransferase