| EC |
5.4.99.57 |
| Accepted name: |
baruol synthase |
| Reaction: |
(3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene = baruol |
| Other name(s): |
BARS1 |
| Systematic name: |
(3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene mutase (cyclizing, baruol-forming) |
| Comments: |
The enzyme from Arabidopsis thaliana also produces traces of 22 other triterpenoids. |
| References: |
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Lodeiro, S., Xiong, Q., Wilson, W.K., Kolesnikova, M.D., Onak, C.S. and Matsuda, S.P. An oxidosqualene cyclase makes numerous products by diverse mechanisms: a challenge to prevailing concepts of triterpene biosynthesis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129 (2007) 11213–11222. [PMID: 17705488] |
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