Parent Class:

EC-Numbers → 2 -- Transferases → 2.4 -- Glycosyltransferases → 2.4.1 -- Hexosyltransferases

Synonyms: cycasin synthase, uridine diphosphoglucose-methylazoxymethanol glucosyltransferase, UDP-glucose-methylazoxymethanol glucosyltransferase

Systematic Name: UDP-glucose:methyl-ONN-azoxymethanol β-D-glucosyltransferase

Unification Links: BRENDA:2.4.1.171, ENZYME:2.4.1.171, IUBMB-ExplorEnz:2.4.1.171

Reaction:
UDP-α-D-glucose + methylazoxymethanol → UDP + cycasin + H⁺

Summary:
Brings about the biosynthesis of the toxic substance cycasin in the leaves of Japanese cycad, Cycas revoluta.

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Please cite the following article in publications resulting from the use of MetaCyc: Caspi et al, Nucleic Acids Research 46(D1):D633-D639 2018
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