α-Muurolene synthase (EC 4.2.3.125, Cop3) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, α-muurolene-forming).[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
| α-muurolene synthase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 4.2.3.125 | ||||||||
| 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 α-muurolene + diphosphate
The enzyme has been characterized from the fungus Coprinus cinereus.
References
edit- ^ Agger S, Lopez-Gallego F, Schmidt-Dannert C (June 2009). "Diversity of sesquiterpene synthases in the basidiomycete Coprinus cinereus". Molecular Microbiology. 72 (5): 1181–95. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06717.x. PMC 2723806. PMID 19400802.
- ^ López-Gallego F, Wawrzyn GT, Schmidt-Dannert C (December 2010). "Selectivity of fungal sesquiterpene synthases: role of the active site's H-1α loop in catalysis". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76 (23): 7723–33. Bibcode:2010ApEnM..76.7723L. doi:10.1128/aem.01811-10. PMC 2988597. PMID 20889795.
External links
edit- Alpha-muurolene+synthase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
