Cucurbitadienol synthase

Cucurbitadienol synthase
Identifiers
EC no.	5.4.99.33
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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Cucurbitadienol synthase (EC 5.4.99.33, CPQ (gene), (S)-2,3-epoxysqualene mutase (cyclizing, cucurbitadienol-forming)) is an enzyme with systematic name (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene mutase (cyclizing, cucurbitadienol-forming). ^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(3S)-2,3-epoxysqualene ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ cucurbitadienol

References

1. Shibuya M, Adachi S, Ebizuka Y (2004). "Cucurbitadienol synthase, the first committed enzyme for cucurbitacin biosynthesis, is a distinct enzyme from cycloartenol synthase for phytosterol biosynthesis". Tetrahedron. 60 (33): 6995–7003. doi:10.1016/j.tet.2004.04.088.

External links

• Cucurbitadienol+synthase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)