α-Humulene synthase (EC 4.2.3.104,ZSS1) is an enzyme with a systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (α-humulene-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction:
| α-humulene synthase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 4.2.3.104 | ||||||||
| 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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The enzyme from Zingiber zerumbet, can be used to make shampoo ginger. It also gives traces of β-caryophyllene.
References
edit- ^ Yu F, Okamto S, Nakasone K, Adachi K, Matsuda S, Harada H, Misawa N, Utsumi R (May 2008). "Molecular cloning and functional characterization of α-humulene synthase, a possible key enzyme of zerumbone biosynthesis in shampoo ginger (Zingiber zerumbet Smith)". Planta. 227 (6): 1291–9. doi:10.1007/s00425-008-0700-x. PMID 18273640. S2CID 21079702.
External links
edit- Alpha-humulene+synthase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
