Cis-zeatin O-beta-D-glucosyltransferase explained

cis-zeatin O-beta-D-glucosyltransferase
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In enzymology, a cis-zeatin O-beta-D-glucosyltransferase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

UDP-glucose + cis-zeatin

\rightleftharpoons UDP + O-beta-D-glucosyl-cis-zeatin

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are UDP-glucose and cis-zeatin, whereas its two products are UDP and O-beta-D-glucosyl-cis-zeatin.

This enzyme belongs to the family of glycosyltransferases, specifically the hexosyltransferases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is UDP-glucose:cis-zeatin O-beta-D-glucosyltransferase.

References

• Martin RC, Mok MC, Habben JE, Mok DW . 2001 . A maize cytokinin gene encoding an O-glucosyltransferase specific to cis-zeatin . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 98 . 5922 - 6 . 11331778 . 10.1073/pnas.101128798 . 10 . 33314 . 2001PNAS...98.5922M . free .