(-)-sabinene synthase

(-)-sabinene synthase
Identifiers
EC number 4.2.3.109
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

(-)-sabinene synthase (EC 4.2.3.109) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, (-)-sabinene-forming).[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

geranyl diphosphate (-)-sabinene + diphosphate

This enzyme requires Mg2+.

References

  1. Savage, T.J.; Hatch, M.W.; Croteau, R. (1994). "Monoterpene synthases of Pinus contorta and related conifers. A new class of terpenoid cyclase". J. Biol. Chem. 269: 4012–4020. PMID 8307957.
  2. Peters, R.J.; Croteau, R.B. (2003). "Alternative termination chemistries utilized by monoterpene cyclases: chimeric analysis of bornyl diphosphate, 1,8-cineole, and sabinene synthases". Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 417: 203–211. doi:10.1016/s0003-9861(03)00347-3. PMID 12941302.

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