Botryococcus squalene synthase (EC 1.3.1.96, SSL-2 (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name squalene:NADP+ oxidoreductase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
Botryococcus squalene synthase | |||||||||
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EC no. | 1.3.1.96 | ||||||||
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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- squalene + diphosphate + NADP+ presqualene diphosphate + NADPH + H+
This enzyme is isolated from the green alga Botryococcus braunii BOT22.
References
edit- ^ Niehaus TD, Okada S, Devarenne TP, Watt DS, Sviripa V, Chappell J (July 2011). "Identification of unique mechanisms for triterpene biosynthesis in Botryococcus braunii". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108 (30): 12260–5. Bibcode:2011PNAS..10812260N. doi:10.1073/pnas.1106222108. PMC 3145686. PMID 21746901.
External links
edit- Botryococcus+squalene+synthase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)