(+)-gamma-cadinene synthase

(+)-gamma-cadinene synthase
Identifiers
EC number 4.2.3.92
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

(+)-gamma-cadinene synthase (EC 4.2.3.92) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((+)-gamma-cadinene-forming).[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate (+)-gamma-cadinene + diphosphate

The enzyme from the melon, Cucumis melo, forms mainly delta- and gamma-cadinene.

References

  1. Iijima, Y.; Davidovich-Rikanati, R.; Fridman, E.; Gang, D.R.; Bar, E.; Lewinsohn, E.; Pichersky, E. (2004). "The biochemical and molecular basis for the divergent patterns in the biosynthesis of terpenes and phenylpropenes in the peltate glands of three cultivars of basil". Plant Physiol. 136: 3724–3736. doi:10.1104/pp.104.051318. PMC 527170. PMID 15516500.
  2. Portnoy, V.; Benyamini, Y.; Bar, E.; Harel-Beja, R.; Gepstein, S.; Giovannoni, J.J.; Schaffer, A.A.; Burger, J.; Tadmor, Y.; Lewinsohn, E.; Katzir, N. (2008). "The molecular and biochemical basis for varietal variation in sesquiterpene content in melon (Cucumis melo L.) rinds". Plant Mol. Biol. 66: 647–661. doi:10.1007/s11103-008-9296-6. PMID 18264780.
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