Definition of Dihydrobenzophenanthridine oxidase

1. Noun. (biochemistry) An enzyme that produces oxidized forms of benzophenanthridine alkaloids, such as sanguinarine from dihydrosanguinarine, chelirubine from dihydrochelirubine, and macarpine from dihydromacarpine. ¹

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Medical Definition of Dihydrobenzophenanthridine oxidase

1. Copper-containing oxidase from sanguinaria canadensis; converts dihydrophenanthridines to the corresponding alkaloids, sanguinarine or chelerythrine; requires oxygen, does not contain flavins or pyridine nucleotides; inhibited by thiols Registry number: EC 1.3.3.- Synonym: dihydrosanguinarine oxidase, dihydronorsanguinarine oxidase, dihydrochelerythrine oxidase (26 Jun 1999)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dihydrobenzophenanthridine Oxidase

dihydric alcohol
dihydride
dihydrides
dihydridooxidonitrogen
dihydridooxidonitrogens
dihydro
dihydro-
dihydro-beta-erythroidine
dihydro-orotate
dihydroalprenolol
dihydroanisoin dehydrogenase
dihydroanthracene
dihydroanthracenes
dihydroartemisinin
dihydroascorbic acid
dihydrobenzophenanthridine oxidase (current term)
dihydrobiopterin
dihydrobiopterin reductase
dihydrocapsaicin
dihydrocarbazole
dihydroceramide
dihydroceramide desaturase
dihydrochalcone
dihydrochloride
dihydrocodeine
dihydrocodeine tartrate
dihydrocodeinone
dihydrocortisol 3alpha-oxidoreductase
dihydrocortisone
dihydrocuscohygrine

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