Leachianone-G 2''-dimethylallyltransferase explained

Leachianone-G 2-dimethylallyltransferase
Ec Number:	2.5.1.71

Leachianone-G 2''-dimethylallyltransferase (LG 2''-dimethylallyltransferase, leachianone G 2''-dimethylallyltransferase, LGDT) is an enzyme with systematic name dimethylallyl-diphosphate:leachianone-G 2''-dimethylallyltransferase.^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction:

dimethylallyl diphosphate + leachianone G

\rightleftharpoons diphosphate + sophoraflavanone G

This membrane-bound enzyme is located in the plastids and requires Mg²⁺ for activity.

Notes and References

1. Zhao P, Inoue K, Kouno I, Yamamoto H . Characterization of leachianone G 2"-dimethylallyltransferase, a novel prenyl side-chain elongation enzyme for the formation of the lavandulyl group of sophoraflavanone G in Sophora flavescens Ait. cell suspension cultures . Plant Physiology . 133 . 3 . 1306–13 . November 2003 . 14551337 . 281625 . 10.1104/pp.103.025213 .