baicalinase

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noun

An enzyme that catalyses the chemical reaction baicalin + H₂O ⇌ baicalein + D-glucuronate.

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Meanings

noun
  1. biochemistryAn enzyme that catalyses the chemical reaction baicalin + H₂O ⇌ baicalein + D-glucuronate.

    One baicalinase and three baicalein 7-O-glucuronosyltransferases genes potentially involved in the transformation between baicalin/wogonoside and baicalein/wogonin were identified.

    2015 August 29, “Deep Sequencing of the Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi Transcriptome Reveals Flavonoid Biosynthetic Profiling and Organ-Specific Gene Expression”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From baicalin + -ase.

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