(+)-γ-Cadinene synthase (EC 4.2.3.92) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((+)-γ-cadinene-forming).[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
| (+)-γ-cadinene synthase | |||||||||
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| EC no. | 4.2.3.92 | ||||||||
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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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- (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate (+)-γ-cadinene + diphosphate
The enzyme from the melon, Cucumis melo, forms mainly δ- and γ-cadinene.
References
edit- ^ Iijima Y, Davidovich-Rikanati R, Fridman E, Gang DR, Bar E, Lewinsohn E, Pichersky E (November 2004). "The biochemical and molecular basis for the divergent patterns in the biosynthesis of terpenes and phenylpropenes in the peltate glands of three cultivars of basil". Plant Physiology. 136 (3): 3724–36. doi:10.1104/pp.104.051318. PMC 527170. PMID 15516500.
- ^ Portnoy V, Benyamini Y, Bar E, Harel-Beja R, Gepstein S, Giovannoni JJ, Schaffer AA, Burger J, Tadmor Y, Lewinsohn E, Katzir N (April 2008). "The molecular and biochemical basis for varietal variation in sesquiterpene content in melon (Cucumis melo L.) rinds". Plant Molecular Biology. 66 (6): 647–61. doi:10.1007/s11103-008-9296-6. PMID 18264780. S2CID 2679753.
External links
edit- (+)-gamma-cadinene+synthase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
