Oxidoreductases;
Acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen;
With oxidation of a pair of donors resulting in the reduction of O2 to two molecules of water
A heme-thiolate protein (P-450). The enzyme, characterized from the plants Rauwolfia serpentina (Indian snakeroot) and Gelsemium sempervirens (yellow jessamine), is involved in the biosynthesis of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids of the sarpagan, ajmalan and alstophyllan classes.