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Special Atypical cleavage ΔMass exempt Hydroxylation

CYP749B1

Withania somnifera CYP749B

Solanaceae

Substrate reaction site Product reaction site MCS substructure diff highlighting · RDKit atom mapping
Substrate
withanolide A
PubChem ↗ CC1=C(C(=O)O[C@H](C1)[C@@](C)([C@H]2CC[C@@H]3[C@@]2(CC[C@H]4[C@…
CYP749B1
ΔMass: Exempt atypical_cleavage_exempt
Product
withanolide B
PubChem ↗ CC1=C(C(=O)O[C@H](C1)[C@@H](C)[C@H]2CC[C@@H]3[C@@]2(CC[C@H]4[C@…

Evidence trail

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Source text excerpt ation; ation; Overexpression of WsCYP749B1 increased withanolide B (>200%), suggesting conversion from withanolide A.

Reaction & quality gates

Mechanism
Atypical_Cleavage (Hydroperoxide lyase)
Evidence type
In vivo
Confidence
High
Data tier
Special
Atypical P450 cleavage (CYP74); ΔMass exempt
Substrate class
Other
Product class
Other

Literature & public identifiers

PubMed
PMID:35102209 ↗
DOI
10.1038/s41598-022-05634-9 ↗
UniProt
B3RFJ8 ↗
GenBank
NCBI TaxID
126910 ↗

Molecular characterization of three CYP450 genes reveals their role in withanolides formation and defense in Withania somnifera, the Indian Ginseng.