Raucaffricine, structure

Ruppert, M., Panjikar, S., Barleben, L. and Stockigt, J. 2006. Heterologous expression, purification, crystallization and primary X-ray analysis of raucaffricine glu-cosidase, a plant enzyme specifically involved in Rauvolfia alkaloid biosynthesis. Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, 62 257-260. 

WARZECHA, H., OBITZ, P., STOECKIGT, J., Purification, partial amino acid sequence and structure of the product raucaffricine-0- 3-D-glucosidase from plant cell cultures of Rauwolfia serpentina., Phytochemistry, 1999, 54,657-666. 

For the revision of the original structure given for raucaffricine (44), see reference (155b). 

SG and raucaffricine glucosidase share a high degree of structural similarity. Both are members of the GH-1 superfamily. They are illustrated and compared in the paragraph on raucaffricine glucosidase later in Section 4.3.2. 

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