| EC |
5.4.99.46 |
| Accepted name: |
shionone synthase |
| Reaction: |
(3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene = shionone |
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For diagram of baccharis oxide, baruol and shionone biosynthesis, click here |
| Systematic name: |
(3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene mutase (cyclizing, shionone-forming) |
| Comments: |
The enzyme gives traces of four other triterpenoids |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc |
| References: |
| 1. |
Sawai, S., Uchiyama, H., Mizuno, S., Aoki, T., Akashi, T., Ayabe, S. and Takahashi, T. Molecular characterization of an oxidosqualene cyclase that yields shionone, a unique tetracyclic triterpene ketone of Aster tataricus. FEBS Lett. 585 (2011) 1031–1036. [DOI] [PMID: 21377465] |
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| [EC 5.4.99.46 created 2011] |
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