| Entry |
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| Name |
Caffeine metabolism
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| Class |
Metabolism; Biosynthesis of other secondary metabolites
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| Pathway map |

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| Other DBs |
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| Orthology |
| | | | | | | cytochrome P450, family 1, subfamily A, polypeptide 2 [EC: 1.14.14.1] | | arylamine N-acetyltransferase [EC: 2.3.1.5] | | cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily A [EC: 1.14.14.1] | | | | | | urate oxidase / 2-oxo-4-hydroxy-4-carboxy-5-ureidoimidazoline decarboxylase [EC:4.1.1.- 1.7.3.3] |
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| Compound |
| Glyoxylate | | Xanthine | | Xanthosine | | Theophylline | | Theobromine | | Caffeine | | 1,7-Dimethylxanthine | | 7-Methylxanthosine | | 7-Methylxanthine | | 7-Methyluric acid | | 1,7-Dimethyluric acid | | 3-Methylxanthine | | 1-Methylxanthine | | 1-Methyluric acid | | 3,7-Dimethyluric acid | | 1,3,7-Trimethyluric acid | | 3,6,8-Trimethylallantoin | | N-Methylurea | | N,N'-Dimethylurea | | 5-Acetylamino-6-formylamino-3-methyluracil | | 5-Acetylamino-6-amino-3-methyluracil |
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| Reference |
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| Authors |
Madyastha KM, Sridhar GR. |
| Title |
A novel pathway for the metabolism of caffeine by a mixed culture consortium. |
| Journal |
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 249:178-81 (1998) |
| Reference |
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| Authors |
Mazzafera P. |
| Title |
Catabolism of caffeine in plants and microorganisms. |
| Journal |
Front Biosci 9:1348-59 (2004) |
| Reference |
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| Authors |
Nyeki A, Biollaz J, Kesselring UW, Decosterd LA. |
| Title |
Extractionless method for the simultaneous high-performance liquid chromatographic determination of urinary caffeine metabolites for N-acetyltransferase 2, cytochrome P450 1A2 and xanthine oxidase activity assessment. |
| Journal |
J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl 755:73-84 (2001) |
| Reference |
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| Authors |
Ashihara H, Crozier A. |
| Title |
Caffeine: a well known but little mentioned compound in plant science. |
| Journal |
Trends Plant Sci 6:407-13 (2001) |
| Reference |
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| Authors |
Yoneyama N, Morimoto H, Ye CX, Ashihara H, Mizuno K, Kato M. |
| Title |
Substrate specificity of N-methyltransferase involved in purine alkaloids synthesis is dependent upon one amino acid residue of the enzyme. |
| Journal |
Mol Genet Genomics 275:125-35 (2006) |