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EC 4.2.3.170     
Accepted name: 4-epi-cubebol synthase
Reaction: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + H2O = 4-epi-cubebol + diphosphate
For diagram of ent-cadinane sesquiterpenoid biosynthesis, click here
Glossary: 4-epi-cubebol = (3S,3aS,3bR,4S,7S,7aS)-4-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-7-methyloctahydro-1H-cyclopenta[1,3]cyclopropa[1,2]benzen-3-ol
Systematic name: (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, 4-epi-cubebol-forming)
Comments: The enzyme, found in the bacterium Streptosporangium roseum, is specific for (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Rabe, P., Schmitz, T. and Dickschat, J.S. Mechanistic investigations on six bacterial terpene cyclases. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 12 (2016) 1839–1850. [DOI] [PMID: 27829890]
[EC 4.2.3.170 created 2017]
 
 


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