Parent Class:

EC-Numbers → 2 -- Transferases → 2.4 -- Glycosyltransferases → 2.4.2 -- Pentosyltransferases

Synonyms: uridine diphosphoxylose-zeatin xylosyltransferase, zeatin O-xylosyltransferase

Systematic Name: UDP-D-xylose:zeatin O-β-D-xylosyltransferase

Unification Links: BRENDA:2.4.2.40, ENZYME:2.4.2.40, IUBMB-ExplorEnz:2.4.2.40

Supersedes EC number: 2.4.1.204

Reaction:
UDP-α-D-xylose + trans-zeatin → O-β-D-xylosylzeatin + UDP + H⁺

Summary:
Does not act on UDP-glucose (cf. EC 2.4.1.103 alizarin 2-β-glucosyltransferase).

Citations: [Turner87]

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References

Turner87: Turner JE, Mok DW, Mok MC, Shaw G (1987). "Isolation and partial purification of an enzyme catalyzing the formation of O-xylosylzeatin in Phaseolus vulgaris embryos." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 84(11);3714-7. PMID: 16593839

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