Alpha-humulene synthase
| Alpha-humulene synthase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 4.2.3.104 | ||||||||
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| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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Alpha-humulene synthase (EC 4.2.3.104, ZSS1) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (alpha-humulene-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate alpha-humulene + diphosphate
The enzyme from Zingiber zerumbet, shampoo ginger, also gives traces of beta-caryophyllene.
References
- ^ Yu, F.; Okamto, S.; Nakasone, K.; Adachi, K.; Matsuda, S.; Harada, H.; Misawa, N.; Utsumi, R. (2008). "Molecular cloning and functional characterization of α-humulene synthase, a possible key enzyme of zerumbone biosynthesis in shampoo ginger (Zingiber zerumbet Smith)". Planta. 227: 1291–1299. doi:10.1007/s00425-008-0700-x. PMID 18273640.
External links
- Alpha-humulene+synthase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)