Entry
Name
ginsenoside 6-O-glucosyltransferase;
UGTPg100 (gene name)
Class
Transferases;
Glycosyltransferases;
Hexosyltransferases
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
UDP-alpha-D-glucose:ginsenoside 6-O-glucosyltransferase
Reaction(IUBMB)
(1) UDP-alpha-D-glucose + protopanaxatriol = UDP + ginsenoside Rh1 [RN:
R12388 ];
(2) UDP-alpha-D-glucose + ginsenoside F1 = UDP + (20S)-ginsenoside Rg1 [RN:
R12387 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
UDP-alpha-D-glucose [CPD:
C00029 ];
protopanaxatriol [CPD:
C20716 ];
ginsenoside F1 [CPD:
C20780 ]
Product
Comment
The enzyme, characterized from the plant Panax ginseng, glucosylates the C-6 position of protopanaxatriol and ginsenoside F1.
History
EC 2.4.1.367 created 2019
Pathway
ec00999 Biosynthesis of various plant secondary metabolites
ec01110 Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites
Orthology
K23524 ginsenoside 6-O-glucosyltransferase
Reference
Authors
Wei W, Wang P, Wei Y, Liu Q, Yang C, Zhao G, Yue J, Yan X, Zhou Z
Title
Characterization of Panax ginseng UDP-Glycosyltransferases Catalyzing Protopanaxatriol and Biosyntheses of Bioactive Ginsenosides F1 and Rh1 in Metabolically Engineered Yeasts.
Journal
Sequence
Other DBs
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 2.4.1.367