Carvone reductase

Carvone reductase is an enzyme with systematic name (+)-dihydrocarvone:acceptor 1,6-oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction


 * (1) (+)-dihydrocarvone + acceptor $$\rightleftharpoons$$ (-)-carvone + reduced acceptor
 * (2) (-)-isodihydrocarvone + acceptor $$\rightleftharpoons$$ (+)-carvone + reduced acceptor

This enzyme participates in the carveol and dihydrocarveol degradation pathway of the Gram-positive bacterium Rhodococcus erythropolis DCL14.