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EC 1.14.13.43 Details
EC number
1.14.13.43
Accepted name
questin monooxygenase
Reaction
questin + NADPH + H+ + O2 = demethylsulochrin + NADP+
Other name(s)
questin oxygenase
Systematic name
questin,NADPH:oxygen oxidoreductase (hydroxylating, anthraquinone-ring-opening)
CAS registry number
115232-45-6
Comment
The enzyme cleaves the anthraquinone ring of questin to form a benzophenone. Involved in the biosynthesis of the seco-anthraquinone (+)-geodin.
History
created 1992
EC Tree
1.6.99.2 created 1961 as EC 1.6.5.2, transferred 1965 to EC 1.6.99.2, deleted 2005
1.6.99.4 created 1965, deleted 1972
1.6.99.7 created 1972, modified 1981 (EC 1.6.99.10 created 1978, incorporated 1981), deleted 2003
1.6.99.8 created 1972, deleted 2002
1.6.99.9 created 1972, deleted 2002
1.6.99.10 created 1978, deleted 1981
1.6.99.11 created 1989, deleted 2002
1.6.99.12 created 1989, deleted 2002
1.6.99.13 created 1992, deleted 2002
1.14.13.45 created 1992, deleted 2003