| Entry |
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| Name |
vetispiradiene synthase;
vetispiradiene-forming farnesyl pyrophosphate cyclase;
pemnaspirodiene synthase;
HVS;
vetispiradiene cyclase
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| Class |
Lyases;
Carbon-oxygen lyases;
Acting on phosphates
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| Sysname |
(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, vetispiradiene-forming)
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| Reaction(IUBMB) |
(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate = vetispiradiene + diphosphate [RN: R06523]
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| Reaction(KEGG) |
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| Substrate |
(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate [CPD: C00448]
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| Product |
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| Comment |
The initial internal cyclization produces the monocyclic intermediate germacrene A.
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| History |
EC 4.2.3.21 created 2004, modified 2011
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| Pathway |
| Sesquiterpenoid and triterpenoid biosynthesis | | Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites |
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| Orthology |
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| Genes |
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| Reference |
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| Authors |
Back K, Chappell J. |
| Title |
Cloning and bacterial expression of a sesquiterpene cyclase from Hyoscyamus muticus and its molecular comparison to related terpene cyclases. |
| Journal |
J. Biol. Chem. 270 (1995) 7375-81. |
| Sequence |
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| Reference |
2 |
| Authors |
Keller, H., Czernic, P., Ponchet, M., Ducrot, P.H., Back, K., Chappell, J., Ricci, P. and Marco, Y. |
| Title |
Sesquiterpene cyclase is not a determining factor for elicitor- and pathogen-induced capsidiol accumulation in tobacco. |
| Journal |
Planta 205 (1998) 467-476. |
| Reference |
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| Authors |
Mathis JR, Back K, Starks C, Noel J, Poulter CD, Chappell J. |
| Title |
Pre-steady-state study of recombinant sesquiterpene cyclases. |
| Journal |
Biochemistry. 36 (1997) 8340-8. |
| Reference |
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| Authors |
Yoshioka H, Yamada N, Doke N. |
| Title |
cDNA cloning of sesquiterpene cyclase and squalene synthase, and expression of the genes in potato tuber infected with Phytophthora infestans. |
| Journal |
Plant. Cell. Physiol. 40 (1999) 993-8. |
| Sequence |
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| Reference |
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| Authors |
Martin VJ, Yoshikuni Y, Keasling JD. |
| Title |
The in vivo synthesis of plant sesquiterpenes by Escherichia coli. |
| Journal |
Biotechnol. Bioeng. 75 (2001) 497-503. |
| Other DBs |
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature: ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: BRENDA, the Enzyme Database: CAS: 192465-18-2 |