7-epi-α-Selinene synthase (EC 4.2.3.86) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (7-epi-α-selinene-forming).[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
| 7-epi-α-selinene synthase | |||||||||
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| EC no. | 4.2.3.86 | ||||||||
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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 7-epi-α-selinene + diphosphate
The recombinant enzyme from Vitis vinifera forms (+)-valencene and (−)-7-epi-α-selinene.
References
edit- ^ Lücker J, Bowen P, Bohlmann J (October 2004). "Vitis vinifera terpenoid cyclases: functional identification of two sesquiterpene synthase cDNAs encoding (+)-valencene synthase and (−)-germacrene D synthase and expression of mono- and sesquiterpene synthases in grapevine flowers and berries". Phytochemistry. 65 (19): 2649–59. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2004.08.017. PMID 15464152.
- ^ Martin DM, Toub O, Chiang A, Lo BC, Ohse S, Lund ST, Bohlmann J (April 2009). "The bouquet of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L. cv. Cabernet Sauvignon) flowers arises from the biosynthesis of sesquiterpene volatiles in pollen grains". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 106 (17): 7245–50. doi:10.1073/pnas.0901387106. PMC 2678416. PMID 19359488.
External links
edit- 7-epi-alpha-selinene+synthase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
