EC |
3.1.7.11 |
Accepted name: |
geranyl diphosphate diphosphatase |
Reaction: |
geranyl diphosphate + H2O = geraniol + diphosphate |
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For diagram of acyclic monoterpenoid biosynthesis, click here |
Other name(s): |
geraniol synthase; geranyl pyrophosphate pyrophosphatase; GES; CtGES |
Systematic name: |
geranyl-diphosphate diphosphohydrolase |
Comments: |
Isolated from Ocimum basilicum (basil) and Cinnamomum tenuipile (camphor tree). Requires Mg2+ or Mn2+. Geraniol is labelled when formed in the presence of [18O]H2O. Thus mechanism involves a geranyl cation [1]. Neryl diphosphate is hydrolysed more slowly. May be the same as EC 3.1.7.3 monoterpenyl-diphosphatase. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc |
References: |
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Iijima, Y., Gang, D.R., Fridman, E., Lewinsohn, E. and Pichersky, E. Characterization of geraniol synthase from the peltate glands of sweet basil. Plant Physiol. 134 (2004) 370–379. [DOI] [PMID: 14657409] |
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Yang, T., Li, J., Wang, H.X. and Zeng, Y. A geraniol-synthase gene from Cinnamomum tenuipilum. Phytochemistry 66 (2005) 285–293. [DOI] [PMID: 15680985] |
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[EC 3.1.7.11 created 2012] |
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