(−)-β-Caryophyllene synthase (EC 4.2.3.57, β-caryophyllene synthase) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((−)-β-caryophyllene-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
| (−)-β-caryophyllene synthase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 4.2.3.57 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 110639-18-4 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| 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 (−)-β-caryophyllene + diphosphate
This enzyme is widely distributed in higher plants.
References
edit- ^ Cai Y, Jia JW, Crock J, Lin ZX, Chen XY, Croteau R (November 2002). "A cDNA clone for β-caryophyllene synthase from Artemisia annua". Phytochemistry. 61 (5): 523–9. doi:10.1016/s0031-9422(02)00265-0. PMID 12409018.
External links
edit- (−)-beta-caryophyllene+synthase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
