IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 4.2.3.175

Accepted name: 10-epi-cubebol synthase

Reaction: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + H2O = 10-epi-cubebol + diphosphate

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Other name(s): sce6369

Systematic name: (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, 10-epi-cubebol-forming)

Comments: Isolated from the bacterium Sorangium cellulosum So ce56. The enzyme is also responsible for the formation of trace amounts of many other sesquiterpenes, mainly cadinanes and cubebanes.

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References:

1. Schifrin, A., Khatri, Y., Kirsch, P., Thiel, V., Schulz, S. and Bernhardt, R. A single terpene synthase is responsible for a wide variety of sesquiterpenes in Sorangium cellulosum Soce56. Org. Biomol. Chem. 14 (2016) 3385-3393. [PMID: 26947062]

[EC 4.2.3.175 created 2017]


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