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Mümmler, S.; Rüffer, Martina; Nagakura, Naotaka und Zenk, Meinhart H. (1985): S-adenosyl-L-methionine: (S)-scoulerine 9-O-methyltransferase, a highly stereo- and regio-specific enzyme in tetrahydroprotoberberine biosynthesis. In: Plant Cell Reports, Bd. 4, Nr. 1: S. 36-39 [PDF, 309kB]

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Abstract

Suspension cultures of Berberis species are useful sources for the detection and isolation of a new enzyme which transfers the methyl group from S-adenosyl-L-methionine specifically to the 9-position of the (S)-enantiomer of scoulerine, producing (S)-tetrahydrocolumbamine. The enzyme was enriched 27-fold; it is not particle bound, has a pH optimum of 8.9, a molecular weight of 63 000 and shows a high degree of substrate specificity.

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