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{{Infobox enzyme
| Name = Perakine reductase
| EC_number = 1.1.1.317
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| IUBMB_EC_number = 1/1/1/317
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'''Perakine reductase''' ({{EC number|1.1.1.317}}) is an [[enzyme]] with system name ''raucaffrinoline:NADP<sup>+</sup> oxidoreductase''.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Purification, cloning, functional expression and characterization of perakine reductase: the first example from the AKR enzyme family, extending the alkaloidal network of the plant <em>Rauvolfia</em> |author = Sun, L., Ruppert, M., Sheludko, Y., Warzecha, H., Zhao, Y. and Stockigt, J. |journal = Plant Mol. Biol. |year = 2008 |volume = 67 |pages = 455–467 |pmid = 18409028 |doi=10.1007/s11103-008-9331-7 |issue=5}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of perakine reductase, a new member of the aldo-keto reductase enzyme superfamily from higher plants |author = Rosenthal, C., Mueller, U., Panjikar, S., Sun, L., Ruppert, M., Zhao, Y. and Stockigt, J. |journal = Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. |year = 2006 |volume = 62 |pages = 1286–1289 |pmid = 17142919 |doi=10.1107/S174430910605041X |issue=Pt 12 |pmc=2225361}}</ref> This enzyme [[catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[chemical reaction]]

: raucaffrinoline + NADP<sup>+</sup> <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> perakine + NADPH + H<sup>+</sup>

The biosynthesis of [[raucaffrinoline]] from [[perakine]] is a side route of the ajmaline biosynthesis pathway.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{MeshName|Perakine+reductase}}

[[Category:EC 1.1.1]]