The present invention discloses
sinomenine synthase, a preparation method thereof, and its use in directly generating the basic skeleton of
morphinan alkaloids from S-reticuline, relating to the fields of
gene and
enzyme engineering, and solving the problem that the
isomerization of existing S-reticuline to R-reticuline is a stumbling block in the synthesis of
morphinan alkaloids. The
sinomenine synthase is included, and the
protease comprises an
amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO:4. The present invention verifies the
biological activity of
sinomenine synthase and the uniqueness of the substrate (S-reticuline), laying a
solid foundation for the
synthetic biology research and industrial application of sinomenine, and then realizing the synthesis of sinomenine in
Sinomenium acutum, and at the same time providing a new idea for the synthesis of
morphinan alkaloids, establishing an efficient and convenient biosynthetic pathway, and also bringing new challenges to
synthetic biology.