| Literature DB >> 7126180 |
S B Brown, V Rajananda, J A Holroyd, E G Evans.
Abstract
The mechanism of quercetin oxygenation, which is formally analogous to haem degradation, was studied by using 18O labelling. In both the enzymic oxygenation (catalysed by quercetinase) and the non-enzymic reaction (base-catalysed), both oxygen atoms incorporated into product were derived from a single oxygen molecule. Quercetin oxygenation therefore occurs by a classical dioxygenase mechanism and is not an appropriate model for study of the mechanism of haem catabolism.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID： 7126180 PMCID： PMC1158469 DOI： 10.1042/bj2050239
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN： 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857