| EC |
2.5.1.34 |
| Accepted name: |
4-dimethylallyltryptophan synthase |
| Reaction: |
prenyl diphosphate + L-tryptophan = diphosphate + 4-(3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl)-L-tryptophan |
|
For diagram of ergot alkaloid biosynthesis, click here |
| Glossary: |
prenyl diphosphate = dimethylallyl diphosphate |
| Other name(s): |
dimethylallylpyrophosphate:L-tryptophan dimethylallyltransferase; dimethylallyltryptophan synthetase; dimethylallylpyrophosphate:tryptophan dimethylallyl transferase; DMAT synthetase; 4-(γ,gamma-dimethylallyl)tryptophan synthase; tryptophan dimethylallyltransferase; dimethylallyl-diphosphate:L-tryptophan 4-dimethylallyltransferase |
| Systematic name: |
prenyl-diphosphate:L-tryptophan 4-prenyltransferase |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 55127-01-0 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Lee, S.L., Floss, H.G. and Heinstein, P. Purification and properties of dimethylallylpyrophosphate:tryptophan dimethylallyl transferase, the first enzyme of ergot alkaloid biosynthesis in Claviceps sp. SD 58. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 177 (1976) 84–94. [DOI] [PMID: 999297] |
|
| [EC 2.5.1.34 created 1984, modified 2010] |
| |
|
| |
|
Printable version