ExplorEnz: EC 4.2.3.79

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4.2.3.79

Accepted name:

thujopsene synthase

Reaction:

(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate = (+)-thujopsene + diphosphate

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Systematic name:

(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate lyase (cyclizing, (+)-thujopsene-forming)

Comments:

The recombinant enzyme from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana produces 27.3% (+)-α-barbatene, 17.8% (+)-thujopsene and 9.9% (+)-β-chamigrene [1] plus traces of other sesquiterpenoids [2]. See EC 4.2.3.69 (+)-α-barbatene synthase, and EC 4.2.3.78 β-chamigrene synthase.

Links to other databases:

BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc

References:

1.	Wu, S., Schoenbeck, M.A., Greenhagen, B.T., Takahashi, S., Lee, S., Coates, R.M. and Chappell, J. Surrogate splicing for functional analysis of sesquiterpene synthase genes. Plant Physiol. 138 (2005) 1322–1333. [DOI] [PMID: 15965019]
2.	Tholl, D., Chen, F., Petri, J., Gershenzon, J. and Pichersky, E. Two sesquiterpene synthases are responsible for the complex mixture of sesquiterpenes emitted from Arabidopsis flowers. Plant J. 42 (2005) 757–771. [DOI] [PMID: 15918888]

[EC 4.2.3.79 created 2011]