IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 4.2.3.171

Accepted name: (+)-corvol ether A synthase

Reaction: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + H2O = (+)-corvol ether A + diphosphate

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Glossary: (+)-corvol ether A = (1R,4S,4aR,7R,8aR)-4,7-dimethyl-1-(propan-2-yl)decahydro-1,7-epoxynaphthalene

Systematic name: (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [cyclizing, (+)-corvol ether A-forming]

Comments: The enzyme, which forms the sesquiterpene (+)-corvol ether A, has been reported from the bacterium Kitasatospora setae.

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References:

1. Rabe, P., Pahirulzaman, K.A. and Dickschat, J.S. Structures and biosynthesis of corvol ethers —sesquiterpenes from the actinomycete Kitasatospora setae. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 54 (2015) 6041-6045. [PMID: 25809275]

2. Rabe, P., Janusko, A., Goldfuss, B. and Dickschat, J.S. Experimental and theoretical studies on corvol ether biosynthesis. Chembiochem. 17 (2016) 146-149. [PMID: 26635093]

3. Rinkel, J., Rabe, P., Garbeva, P. and Dickschat, J.S. Lessons from 1,3-hydride shifts in sesquiterpene cyclizations. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 55 (2016) 13593-13596. [PMID: 27666571]

[EC 4.2.3.171 created 2017]


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