baicalinase

English

Etymology

baicalin +‎ -ase

Noun

baicalinase

1. (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the chemical reaction baicalin + H₂O $\rightleftharpoons$ baicalein + D-glucuronate.
   • 2015 August 29, “Deep Sequencing of the Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi Transcriptome Reveals Flavonoid Biosynthetic Profiling and Organ-Specific Gene Expression”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     One baicalinase and three baicalein 7-O-glucuronosyltransferases genes potentially involved in the transformation between baicalin/wogonoside and baicalein/wogonin were identified.