Aureusidin is an aurone, a type of flavonoid.

Metabolism

Aureusidin synthase[1] is an enzyme found in Antirrhinum majus (Garden snapdragon).[2]

References

  1. ^ Nakayama, Toru; Sato, Takuya; Fukui, Yuko; Yonekura-Sakakibara, Keiko; Hayashi, Hideyuki; Tanaka, Yoshikazu; Kusumi, Takaaki; Nishino, Tokuzo (2001). "Specificity analysis and mechanism of aurone synthesis catalyzed by aureusidin synthase, a polyphenol oxidase homolog responsible for flower coloration". FEBS Letters. 499 (1–2): 107–111. doi:10.1016/s0014-5793(01)02529-7. PMID 11418122. S2CID 32673135.
  2. ^ "Aureusidin synthase". uniprot.org.