- Also oxidizes other tropan-3-alpha-ols, but not the corresponding
beta-derivatives.
- Represents, along with EC 1.1.1.236, a branch point in tropane
alkaloid metabolism.
- Tropine (the product of EC 1.1.1.206) is incorporated into
hyoscyamine and scopolamine whereas pseudotropine (the product of
EC 1.1.1.236) is the first specific metabolite on the pathway to the
calystegines.
- Both enzymes are always found together in any given tropane-alkaloid-
producing species, have a common substrate, tropinone, and are
strictly stereospecific.
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