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Entry
EC 4.2.3.13                 Enzyme                                 

Name (+)-delta-cadinene synthase
Class Lyases;
Carbon-oxygen lyases;
Acting on phosphates
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Sysname 2-trans,6-trans-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing,
(+)-delta-cadinene-forming)
Reaction(IUBMB) 2-trans,6-trans-farnesyl diphosphate = (+)-delta-cadinene +
diphosphate [RN:R02311]
Reaction(KEGG) R02311
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Substrate 2-trans,6-trans-farnesyl diphosphate [CPD:C00448]
Product (+)-delta-cadinene [CPD:C06394];
diphosphate [CPD:C00013]
Cofactor Magnesium [CPD:C00305]
Comment The sesquiterpenoid (+)-delta-cadinene is an intermediate in
phytoalexin biosynthesis. Mg2+ is required for activity.
Pathway PATH: ec00909  Sesquiterpenoid biosynthesis
PATH: ec01062  Biosynthesis of terpenoids and steroids
PATH: ec01100  Metabolic pathways
Structures PDB: 3G4D  3G4F  
Reference
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1  [PMID:8554317]
Chen XY, Chen Y, Heinstein P, Davisson VJ.
Cloning, expression, and characterization of (+)-delta-cadinene
synthase: a catalyst for cotton phytoalexin biosynthesis.
Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 324 (1995) 255-66.
Gossypium arboreum
NCBI-GI: 1045314 1045312
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2  [PMID:8728715]
Davis EM, Tsuji J, Davis GD, Pierce ML, Essenberg M.
Purification of (+)-delta-cadinene synthase, a sesquiterpene cyclase
from bacteria-inoculated cotton foliar tissue.
Phytochemistry. 41 (1996) 1047-55.
Gossypium hirsutum
NCBI-GI: 3287832
Reference
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3
Davis, G.D., Essenberg, M.
(+)-delta-Cadinene is a product of sesquiterpene cyclase activity in
cotton.
Phytochemistry 39 (1995) 553-567.
Other DBs ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: 4.2.3.13
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature: 4.2.3.13
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 4.2.3.13
BRENDA, the Enzyme Database: 4.2.3.13
CAS: 166800-09-5

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