Reaction: phloretin + H2O = phloretate + phloroglucinol
Other name(s): lactase-phlorizin hydrolase
Systematic name: 2',4,4',6'-tetrahydroxydehydrochalcone 1,3,5-trihydroxybenzenehydrolase
Comments: Also hydrolyses other C-acylated phenols related to phloretin.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 37289-38-6
References:
1. Minamikawa, T., Jayasankar, N.P., Bohm, B.A., Taylor, I.E.P and Towers, G.H.N. An inducible hydrolase from Aspergillus niger, acting on carbon-carbon bonds, for phlorrhizin and other C-acylated phenols. Biochem. J. 116 (1970) 889-897. [PMID: 5441377]