Calystegines are nortropane alkaloids that are found in Solanaceae containing the classical tropane alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, and in other Solanaceae such as potato, Solanum tuberosum (L.). Calystegines are assumed to derive from the classical tropane alkaloid pathway. We isolated a
Tropinone reductases (TRs) are essential enzymes in the tropane alkaloid biosynthesis, providing either tropine for hyoscyamine and scopolamine formation or providing pseudotropine for calystegines. Two cDNAs coding for TRs were isolated from potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tuber sprouts and expressed
Unusual kinetic characteristics of tropinone reductase, an enzyme in the family of short chain dehydrogenases, prompted to investigate a possible impact of the hexahistidine affinity tag on catalytic properties. Comparison of enzymes from Solanum dulcamara, Solanaceae, tagged at the N-terminus or at
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