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EC 1.23.1.4 Details
EC number
1.23.1.4
Accepted name
(–)-lariciresinol reductase
Reaction
(+)-secoisolariciresinol + NADP+ = (–)-lariciresinol + NADPH + H+
Other name(s)
pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductase,
pinoresinol-lariciresinol reductases,
(–)-pinoresinol-(–)-lariciresinol reductase,
PLR
Systematic name
(+)-secoisolariciresinol:NADP+ oxidoreductase
Comment
The reaction is catalysed in vivo in the opposite direction to that shown. A multifunctional enzyme that also reduces (–)-pinoresinol [EC 1.23.1.3, (–)-pinoresinol reductase]. Isolated from the plants Thuja plicata (western red cedar) [1] and Linum corymbulosum [2].
History
created 2013
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