Baruol synthase

Baruol synthase (EC 5.4.99.57, BARS1) is an enzyme with systematic name (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene mutase (cyclizing, baruol-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene baruol
Baruol synthase
Identifiers
EC number5.4.99.57
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

The enzyme from Arabidopsis thaliana also produces traces of 22 other triterpenoids.

References

  1. Lodeiro S, Xiong Q, Wilson WK, Kolesnikova MD, Onak CS, Matsuda SP (September 2007). "An oxidosqualene cyclase makes numerous products by diverse mechanisms: a challenge to prevailing concepts of triterpene biosynthesis". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129 (36): 11213–22. doi:10.1021/ja073133u. PMID 17705488.
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