ID CFI_CALCH Reviewed; 237 AA. AC Q42663; DT 15-JUL-1999, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 01-NOV-1996, sequence version 1. DT 16-JUN-2009, entry version 42. DE RecName: Full=Chalcone--flavonone isomerase; DE Short=Chalcone isomerase; DE EC=5.5.1.6; DE Flags: Fragment; GN Name=CHI; Synonyms=CH; OS Callistephus chinensis (China aster). OC Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; OC Spermatophyta; Magnoliophyta; eudicotyledons; core eudicotyledons; OC asterids; campanulids; Asterales; Asteraceae; Asteroideae; Astereae; OC Callistephus. OX NCBI_TaxID=13379; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA]. RC STRAIN=L 01; TISSUE=Petal; RA Henkel J., Wassenegger M., Sommer H., Forkmann G.; RL Submitted (NOV-1995) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases. CC -!- FUNCTION: Catalyzes the intramolecular cyclization of bicyclic CC chalcones into tricyclic (S)-flavanones. Responsible for the CC isomerization of 4,2',4',6'-tetrahydroxychalcone (also termed CC chalcone) into naringenin (By similarity). CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: A chalcone = a flavanone. CC -!- PATHWAY: Secondary metabolite biosynthesis; flavonoid CC biosynthesis. CC -!- MISCELLANEOUS: Part of the biosynthetic pathway for all classes of CC flavonoids, a large class of secondary plant metabolites, many of CC which are brightly colored. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the chalcone isomerase family. CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see http://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; Z67980; CAA91921.1; -; mRNA. DR HSSP; P28012; 1EYQ. DR BRENDA; 5.5.1.6; 275959. DR GO; GO:0045430; F:chalcone isomerase activity; IEA:EC. DR GO; GO:0009813; P:flavonoid biosynthetic process; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR InterPro; IPR016088; Chalcone_isomerase_3-sand. DR InterPro; IPR003466; Chalcone_isomerase_subgr. DR Gene3D; G3DSA:3.50.70.10; Chalcone; 1. DR Pfam; PF02431; Chalcone; 1. PE 2: Evidence at transcript level; KW Flavonoid biosynthesis; Isomerase. FT CHAIN <1 237 Chalcone--flavonone isomerase. FT /FTId=PRO_0000166429. FT BINDING 50 50 Substrate (By similarity). FT BINDING 192 192 Substrate (By similarity). FT SITE 108 108 Important for catalytic activity (By FT similarity). FT NON_TER 1 1 SQ SEQUENCE 237 AA; 25489 MW; ED7956AE7541A973 CRC64; EFPTPLTTGL QVESIVFPSS VKPPGSTNSL FLGGAGVRGM EIQGNFVKFT GIGVYLEDKA IPLLAAKRKG KTVAELLDSV EFFRDIVTGP FEKFTQVTMI LPLTGKQYSE KVSEMCVGVW KALGTYTDAD GTTIEKFLEV FKDENFLPGS SILFTTSPLG SLTISFSKDG TIPEAANVVL ENEKLAQAVI ESVIGKNGVS PATKQSLASR LSDLMKQFDE ESNGSVEVED LSKNSCK //