Methylecgonone reductase

Methylecgonone reductase (EC 1.1.1.334, MecgoR (gene name)) is an enzyme with systematic name ecgonine methyl ester:NADP⁺ oxidoreductase.^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

ecgonine methyl ester + NADP⁺ ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ ecgonone methyl ester + NADPH + H⁺

Methylecgonone reductase
Identifiers
EC no.	1.1.1.334
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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