ID 1.1.1.273 DE vellosimine dehydrogenase. CA 10-deoxysarpagine + NADP(+) = H(+) + NADPH + vellosimine. CC -!- Also acts on related alkaloids with an endo-aldehyde group such as CC vellosimine (same stereochemistry at C-16) but only slight activity CC with exo-aldehydes (epimeric at C-16). CC -!- Detected in many cell suspension cultures of plants from the family CC Apocynaceae. //