γ-Curcumene synthase (EC 4.2.3.94, PatTpsA (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, γ-curcumene-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
| γ-curcumene synthase | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 4.2.3.94 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| |||||||||
- (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate γ-curcumene + diphosphate
This enzyme is one of five sesquiterpenoid synthases in Pogostemon cablin (patchouli).
References
edit- ^ Deguerry F, Pastore L, Wu S, Clark A, Chappell J, Schalk M (October 2006). "The diverse sesquiterpene profile of patchouli, Pogostemon cablin, is correlated with a limited number of sesquiterpene synthases". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 454 (2): 123–36. doi:10.1016/j.abb.2006.08.006. PMID 16970904.
External links
edit- Gamma-curcumene+synthase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
