Oxidoreductases;
Acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen;
With reduced flavin or flavoprotein as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen into the other donor
A cytochrome P-450 (heme-thiolate) protein isolated from the plant Salvia miltiorrhiza (danshen). The enzyme also oxidizes 11-hydroxyferruginol to 11,20-dihydroxyferruginol.
Guo J, Ma X, Cai Y, Ma Y, Zhan Z, Zhou YJ, Liu W, Guan M, Yang J, Cui G, Kang L, Yang L, Shen Y, Tang J, Lin H, Ma X, Jin B, Liu Z, Peters RJ, Zhao ZK, Huang L
Title
Cytochrome P450 promiscuity leads to a bifurcating biosynthetic pathway for tanshinones.