Thujopsene synthase

Thujopsene synthase
Identifiers
EC no.	4.2.3.79
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Thujopsene synthase (EC 4.2.3.79) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate lyase (cyclizing, (+)-thujopsene-forming). ^{[1] [2]} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ (+)-thujopsene + diphosphate

The recombinant enzyme from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana produces (+)-α-barbatene, (+)-thujopsene and (+)-β-chamigrene.

References

1. Wu S, Schoenbeck MA, Greenhagen BT, Takahashi S, Lee S, Coates RM, Chappell J (July 2005). "Surrogate splicing for functional analysis of sesquiterpene synthase genes". Plant Physiology. 138 (3): 1322–33. doi:10.1104/pp.105.059386. PMC   1176406 . PMID   15965019.
2. Tholl D, Chen F, Petri J, Gershenzon J, Pichersky E (June 2005). "Two sesquiterpene synthases are responsible for the complex mixture of sesquiterpenes emitted from Arabidopsis flowers" (PDF). The Plant Journal. 42 (5): 757–71. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2005.02417.x . PMID   15918888.

External links

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