Alpha-seco-amyrin synthase

Alpha-seco-amyrin synthase (EC 5.4.99.52) is an enzyme with systematic name (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene mutase (cyclizing, alpha-seco-amyrin-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene alpha-seco-amyrin
Alpha-seco-amyrin synthase
Identifiers
EC number5.4.99.52
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

The enzyme from Arabidopsis thaliana is multifunctional.

References

  1. Shibuya M, Xiang T, Katsube Y, Otsuka M, Zhang H, Ebizuka Y (February 2007). "Origin of structural diversity in natural triterpenes: direct synthesis of seco-triterpene skeletons by oxidosqualene cyclase". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129 (5): 1450–5. doi:10.1021/ja066873w. PMID 17263431.
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