IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 5.4.99.65

Accepted name: pre-α-onocerin synthase

Reaction: (3S,22S)-2,3:22,23-diepoxy-2,3,22,23-tetrahydrosqualene = pre-α-onocerin

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Glossary: pre-α-onocerin = (21S)-21,22-epoxypolypoda-8(26)-13,17-trien-3β-ol

Other name(s): LCC

Systematic name: (3S,22S)-2,3:22,23-diepoxy-2,3,22,23-tetrahydrosqualene mutase (cyclizing, pre-α-onocerin-forming)

Comments: Isolated from the plant Lycopodium clavatum. The enzyme does not act on (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene and does not form any α-onocerin.

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References:

1. Araki, T., Saga, Y., Marugami, M., Otaka, J., Araya, H., Saito, K., Yamazaki, M., Suzuki, H. and Kushiro, T. Onocerin biosynthesis requires two highly dedicated triterpene cyclases in a fern Lycopodium clavatum. Chembiochem 17 (2016) 288-290. [PMID: 26663356]

[EC 5.4.99.65 created 2017]


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