(+)-β-Pinene synthase (EC 4.2.3.122, (+)-pinene cyclase, cyclase III) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [(+)-β-pinene-forming].[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
| (+)-β-pinene synthase | |||||||||
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| EC no. | 4.2.3.122 | ||||||||
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| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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Cyclase III from Salvia officinalis (sage) gives roughly equal parts of (+)-β-pinene and (+)-α-pinene.
References
edit- ^ Wagschal KC, Pyun HJ, Coates RM, Croteau R (February 1994). "Monoterpene biosynthesis: isotope effects associated with bicyclic olefin formation catalyzed by pinene synthases from sage (Salvia officinalis)". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 308 (2): 477–87. doi:10.1006/abbi.1994.1068. PMID 8109978.
- ^ Pyun HJ, Wagschal KC, Jung DI, Coates RM, Croteau R (February 1994). "Stereochemistry of the proton elimination in the formation of (+)- and (-)-α-pinene by monoterpene cyclases from sage (Salvia officinalis)". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 308 (2): 488–96. doi:10.1006/abbi.1994.1069. PMID 8109979.
External links
edit- (+)-beta-pinene+synthase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
