Aureusidin Explained

Aureusidin is an aurone, a type of flavonoid.

Metabolism

Aureusidin synthase[1] is an enzyme found in Antirrhinum majus (Garden snapdragon).[2]

Notes and References

  1. 10.1016/s0014-5793(01)02529-7 . Specificity analysis and mechanism of aurone synthesis catalyzed by aureusidin synthase, a polyphenol oxidase homolog responsible for flower coloration . 2001 . Nakayama . Toru . Sato . Takuya . Fukui . Yuko . Yonekura-Sakakibara . Keiko . Hayashi . Hideyuki . Tanaka . Yoshikazu . Kusumi . Takaaki . Nishino . Tokuzo . FEBS Letters . 499 . 1–2 . 107–111 . 11418122 . 32673135 .
  2. Web site: Aureusidin synthase . uniprot.org .

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