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(+)-Pulegone reductase
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Class of enzymes
(+)-pulegone reductase 1.3.1.81
(+)-pulegone reductase (1.3.1.81) is an enzyme with systematic name (−)-menthone:NADP+ oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalises the following chemical reaction
60% pulegone (+)-pulegone
+ NADPH
forward H+ H+
Q424902 70% (–)-menthone
+
Q27104366 30% (+)-isomenthone
+ NADP+
This enzyme, from peppermint converts (+)-pulegone to a mixture of (–)-menthone and (+)-isomenthone using nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) as its cofactor. It does not act in the opposite direction1.3.1.81 Ringer KL, McConkey ME, Davis EM, Rushing GW, Croteau R Monoterpene double-bond reductases of the (−)-menthol biosynthetic pathway: isolation and characterization of cDNAs encoding (−)-isopiperitenone reductase and (+)-pulegone reductase of peppermint Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 418 1 80–92 October 2003 13679086 10.1016/s0003-9861(03)00390-4
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