Entry
Name
tricyclene synthase;
TPS3
Class
Lyases;
Carbon-oxygen lyases;
Acting on phosphates
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing; tricyclene-forming)
Reaction(IUBMB)
geranyl diphosphate = tricyclene + diphosphate [RN:
R09961 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
geranyl diphosphate [CPD:
C00341 ]
Product
Comment
The enzyme from Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) gives a mixture of tricyclene, camphene, beta-myrcene, limonene, and traces of several other monoterpenoids. See EC
4.2.3.117 . (-)-camphene synthase, EC
4.2.3.15 , myrcene synthase and EC
4.2.3.16 , (4S)-limonene synthase.
History
EC 4.2.3.105 created 2012
Orthology
K21925 (-)-camphene/tricyclene/(4S)-limonene/myrcene synthase
Genes
SLY : 101245212(TPS3) 101249864
SPEN : 107012939 107012948
SSTN : 125861389 125861571
Taxonomy
Reference
Authors
Falara V, Akhtar TA, Nguyen TT, Spyropoulou EA, Bleeker PM, Schauvinhold I, Matsuba Y, Bonini ME, Schilmiller AL, Last RL, Schuurink RC, Pichersky E
Title
The tomato terpene synthase gene family.
Journal
Sequence
Other DBs
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 4.2.3.105