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EC 2.1.1.231 Details
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2.1.1.231
Accepted name
flavonoid 4′-O-methyltransferase
Reaction
S-adenosyl-L-methionine + a 4′-hydroxyflavanone = S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine + a 4′-methoxyflavanone
Other name(s)
SOMT-2,
4′-hydroxyisoflavone methyltransferase
Systematic name
S-adenosyl-L-methionine:flavonoid 4′-O-methyltransferase
Comment
The enzyme catalyses the 4′-methylation of naringenin. In vitro it catalyses the 4′-methylation of apigenin, quercetin, daidzein and genistein.
History
created 2011
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1 Oxidoreductases
1.1 Acting on the CH-OH group of donors
1.14.13.45 created 1992, deleted 2003
