Reaction: (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene = shionone
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Systematic name: (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene mutase (cyclizing, shionone-forming)
Comments: The enzyme gives traces of four other triterpenoids
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References:
1. Sawai, S., Uchiyama, H., Mizuno, S., Aoki, T., Akashi, T., Ayabe, S. and Takahashi, T. Molecular characterization of an oxidosqualene cyclase that yields shionone, a unique tetracyclic triterpene ketone of Aster tataricus. FEBS Lett. 585 (2011) 1031-1036. [PMID: 21377465]