Taraxerol synthase (EC 5.4.99.35, RsM2, (S)-2,3-epoxysqualene mutase (cyclizing, taraxerol-forming)) is an enzyme with systematic name (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene mutase (cyclizing, taraxerol-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
| Taraxerol synthase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 5.4.99.35 | ||||||||
| 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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- (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene taraxerol
The enzyme gives taraxerol, beta-amyrin and lupeol.
References edit
- ^ Basyuni M, Oku H, Tsujimoto E, Kinjo K, Baba S, Takara K (October 2007). "Triterpene synthases from the Okinawan mangrove tribe, Rhizophoraceae". The FEBS Journal. 274 (19): 5028–42. doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.06025.x. PMID 17803686.
External links edit
- Taraxerol+synthase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
