IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 5.4.99.33

Accepted name: cucurbitadienol synthase

Reaction: (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene = cucurbitadienol

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Other name(s): CPQ (gene name); (S)-2,3-epoxysqualene mutase (cyclizing, cucurbitadienol-forming)

Systematic name: (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene mutase (cyclizing, cucurbitadienol-forming)

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

References:

1. Shibuya, M., Adachi, S., and Ebizuka, Y. Cucurbitadienol synthase, the first committed enzyme for cucurbitacin biosynthesis, is a distinct enzyme from cycloartenol synthase for phytosterol biosynthesis. Tetrahedron 60 (2004) 6995-7003.

[EC 5.4.99.33 created 2011]


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