| EC |
4.2.3.109 |
| Accepted name: |
(-)-sabinene synthase |
| Reaction: |
geranyl diphosphate = (-)-sabinene + diphosphate |
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For diagram of thujane monoterpenoid biosynthesis, click here |
| Glossary: |
(-)-sabinene = (1S,5S)-1-isopropyl-4-methylenebicyclo[3.1.0]hexane |
| Systematic name: |
geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [cyclizing, (-)-sabinene-forming] |
| Comments: |
Requires Mg2+. Isolated from Pinus contorta (lodgepole pine) as cyclase I [1] and from Conocephalum conicum (liverwort) [2]. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc |
| References: |
| 1. |
Savage, T.J., Hatch, M.W. and Croteau, R. Monoterpene synthases of Pinus contorta and related conifers. A new class of terpenoid cyclase. J. Biol. Chem. 269 (1994) 4012–4020. [PMID: 8307957] |
| 2. |
Peters, R.J. and Croteau, R.B. Alternative termination chemistries utilized by monoterpene cyclases: chimeric analysis of bornyl diphosphate, 1,8-cineole, and sabinene synthases. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 417 (2003) 203–211. [DOI] [PMID: 12941302] |
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