IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 1.21.3.8

Accepted name: cannabidiolic acid synthase

Reaction: cannabigerolate + O2 = cannabidiolate + H2O2

For diagram of reaction click here.

Glossary: cannabigerolate = CBGA = 3-[(2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-yl]-2,4-dihydroxy-6-pentylbenzoate
cannabidiolate = 2,4-dihydroxy-3-[(1R,6R)-3-methyl-6-(prop-1-en-2-yl)cyclohex-2-en-1-yl]-6-pentylbenzoate

Other name(s): CBDA synthase

Systematic name: cannabigerolate:oxygen oxidoreductase (cyclizing, cannabidiolate-forming)

Comments: Binds FAD covalently. Part of the cannabinoids biosynthetic pathway of the plant Cannabis sativa. The enzyme can also convert cannabinerolate to cannabidiolate with lower efficiency.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number:

References:

1. Taura, F., Morimoto, S. and Shoyama, Y. Purification and characterization of cannabidiolic-acid synthase from Cannabis sativa L.. Biochemical analysis of a novel enzyme that catalyzes the oxidocyclization of cannabigerolic acid to cannabidiolic acid. J. Biol. Chem. 271 (1996) 17411-17416. [PMID: 8663284]

2. Taura, F., Sirikantaramas, S., Shoyama, Y., Yoshikai, K., Shoyama, Y. and Morimoto, S. Cannabidiolic-acid synthase, the chemotype-determining enzyme in the fiber-type Cannabis sativa. FEBS Lett 581 (2007) 2929-2934. [PMID: 17544411]

[EC 1.21.3.8 created 2012]


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