IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 4.2.3.63

Accepted name: (+)-cubenene synthase

Reaction: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate = (+)-cubenene + diphosphate

For diagram of reaction click here.

Systematic name: (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [(+)-cubenene-forming]

Comments: Requires Mg2+.

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

References:

1. Nabeta, K., Kigure, K., Fujita, M., Nagoya, T., Ishikawa, T., Okuyama, H. and Takasawa, T. Bioynthesis of (+)-cubenene and (+)-epicubenol by cell-free extracts of cultured cells of Heteroscyphus planus and cyclization of [2H]farnesyl diphosphates. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 (1995) 1935-1939.

2. Nabeta, K., Fujita, M., Komuro, K., Katayama, K., and Takasawa, T. In vitro biosynthesis of cadinanes by cell-free extracts of cultured cells of Heteroscyphus planus. J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 (1997) 2065-2070.

[EC 4.2.3.63 created 2011]


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