Carvone reductase explained

Carvone reductase
Ec Number:	1.3.99.25

Carvone reductase is an enzyme with systematic name (+)-dihydrocarvone:acceptor 1,6-oxidoreductase.^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(1) (+)-dihydrocarvone + acceptor

\rightleftharpoons (-)-carvone + reduced acceptor

(2) (-)-isodihydrocarvone + acceptor

\rightleftharpoons (+)-carvone + reduced acceptor

This enzyme participates in the carveol and dihydrocarveol degradation pathway of the Gram-positive bacterium Rhodococcus erythropolis DCL14.

Notes and References

1. van der Werf MJ, Boot AM . Metabolism of carveol and dihydrocarveol in Rhodococcus erythropolis DCL14 . Microbiology . 146 (Pt 5) . 1129–41 . May 2000 . 10832640 . 10.1099/00221287-146-5-1129 . free .