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EC 5.5.1.22     Relevance: 100%
Accepted name: (–)-bornyl diphosphate synthase
Reaction: geranyl diphosphate = (–)-bornyl diphosphate
For diagram of bornane and related monoterpenoids, click here
Glossary: (–)-bornyl diphosphate = (2R,4S)-1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-yl diphosphate
Other name(s): bornyl pyrophosphate synthase (ambiguous); bornyl pyrophosphate synthetase (ambiguous); (–)-bornyl pyrophosphate cyclase; bornyl diphosphate synthase; geranyl-diphosphate cyclase (ambiguous); (–)-bornyl-diphosphate lyase (decyclizing)
Systematic name: (–)-bornyl-diphosphate lyase (ring-opening)
Comments: Requires Mg2+. The enzyme from Tanacetum vulgare (tansy) can also use (3S)-linalyl diphosphate or more slowly neryl diphosphate in vitro. The reaction proceeds via isomeration of geranyl diphosphate to (3S)-linalyl diphosphate [3]. The oxygen and phosphorus originally linked to C-1 of geranyl diphosphate end up linked to C-2 of (–)-bornyl diphosphate [4]. cf. EC 5.5.1.8 (+)-bornyl diphosphate synthase.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 110639-17-3
References:
1.  Croteau, R., Gershenzon, J., Wheeler, C.J. and Satterwhite, D.M. Biosynthesis of monoterpenes: stereochemistry of the coupled isomerization and cyclization of geranyl pyrophosphate to camphane and isocamphane monoterpenes. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 277 (1990) 374–381. [DOI] [PMID: 2178556]
2.  Croteau, R. and Shaskus, J. Biosynthesis of monoterpenes: demonstration of a geranyl pyrophosphate:(-)-bornyl pyrophosphate cyclase in soluble enzyme preparations from tansy (Tanacetum vulgare). Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 236 (1985) 535–543. [DOI] [PMID: 3970524]
3.  Croteau, R., Felton, N.M. and Wheeler, C.J. Stereochemistry at C-1 of geranyl pyrophosphate and neryl pyrophosphate in the cyclization to (+)- and (-)-bornyl pyrophosphate. J. Biol. Chem. 260 (1985) 5956–5962. [PMID: 3997807]
4.  Croteau, R.B., Shaskus, J.J., Renstrom, B., Felton, N.M., Cane, D.E., Saito, A. and Chang, C. Mechanism of the pyrophosphate migration in the enzymatic cyclization of geranyl and linalyl pyrophosphates to (+)- and (-)-bornyl pyrophosphates. Biochemistry 24 (1985) 7077–7085. [PMID: 4084562]
5.  Adam, K.P. and Croteau, R. Monoterpene biosynthesis in the liverwort Conocephalum conicum: demonstration of sabinene synthase and bornyl diphosphate synthase. Phytochemistry 49 (1998) 475–480. [DOI] [PMID: 9747540]
[EC 5.5.1.22 created 2012]
 
 
EC 5.5.1.8     Relevance: 96.6%
Accepted name: (+)-bornyl diphosphate synthase
Reaction: geranyl diphosphate = (+)-bornyl diphosphate
For diagram of bornane and related monoterpenoids, click here
Glossary: (+)-bornyl diphosphate = (1R,2S,4R)-1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-yl diphosphate
Other name(s): bornyl pyrophosphate synthase (ambiguous); bornyl pyrophosphate synthetase (ambiguous); (+)-bornylpyrophosphate cyclase; geranyl-diphosphate cyclase (ambiguous); (+)-bornyl-diphosphate lyase (decyclizing)
Systematic name: (+)-bornyl-diphosphate lyase (ring-opening)
Comments: Requires Mg2+. The enzyme from Salvia officinalis (sage) can also use (3R)-linalyl diphosphate or more slowly neryl diphosphate in vitro [3]. The reaction proceeds via isomeration of geranyl diphosphate to (3R)-linalyl diphosphate. The oxygen and phosphorus originally linked to C-1 of geranyl diphosphate end up linked to C-2 of (+)-bornyl diphosphate [3]. cf. EC 5.5.1.22 [(–)-bornyl diphosphate synthase].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 72668-91-8
References:
1.  Croteau, R. and Karp, F. Biosynthesis of monoterpenes: preliminary characterization of bornyl pyrophosphate synthetase from sage (Salvia officinalis) and demonstration that geranyl pyrophosphate is the preferred substrate for cyclization. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 198 (1979) 512–522. [DOI] [PMID: 42356]
2.  Croteau, R., Gershenzon, J., Wheeler, C.J. and Satterwhite, D.M. Biosynthesis of monoterpenes: stereochemistry of the coupled isomerization and cyclization of geranyl pyrophosphate to camphane and isocamphane monoterpenes. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 277 (1990) 374–381. [DOI] [PMID: 2178556]
3.  Croteau, R., Satterwhite, D.M., Cane, D.E. and Chang, C.C. Biosynthesis of monoterpenes. Enantioselectivity in the enzymatic cyclization of (+)- and (-)-linalyl pyrophosphate to (+)- and (-)-bornyl pyrophosphate. J. Biol. Chem. 261 (1986) 13438–13445. [PMID: 3759972]
4.  Croteau, R., Felton, N.M. and Wheeler, C.J. Stereochemistry at C-1 of geranyl pyrophosphate and neryl pyrophosphate in the cyclization to (+)- and (-)-bornyl pyrophosphate. J. Biol. Chem. 260 (1985) 5956–5962. [PMID: 3997807]
5.  Croteau, R.B., Shaskus, J.J., Renstrom, B., Felton, N.M., Cane, D.E., Saito, A. and Chang, C. Mechanism of the pyrophosphate migration in the enzymatic cyclization of geranyl and linalyl pyrophosphates to (+)- and (-)-bornyl pyrophosphates. Biochemistry 24 (1985) 7077–7085. [PMID: 4084562]
6.  McGeady, P. and Croteau, R. Isolation and characterization of an active-site peptide from a monoterpene cyclase labeled with a mechanism-based inhibitor. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 317 (1995) 149–155. [DOI] [PMID: 7872777]
7.  Wise, M.L., Savage, T.J., Katahira, E. and Croteau, R. Monoterpene synthases from common sage (Salvia officinalis). cDNA isolation, characterization, and functional expression of (+)-sabinene synthase, 1,8-cineole synthase, and (+)-bornyl diphosphate synthase. J. Biol. Chem. 273 (1998) 14891–14899. [DOI] [PMID: 9614092]
8.  Whittington, D.A., Wise, M.L., Urbansky, M., Coates, R.M., Croteau, R.B. and Christianson, D.W. Bornyl diphosphate synthase: structure and strategy for carbocation manipulation by a terpenoid cyclase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99 (2002) 15375–15380. [DOI] [PMID: 12432096]
9.  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]
[EC 5.5.1.8 created 1984, modified 2012]
 
 
EC 3.1.7.3     Relevance: 63.5%
Accepted name: monoterpenyl-diphosphatase
Reaction: a monoterpenyl diphosphate + H2O = a monoterpenol + diphosphate
For diagram of bornane and related monoterpenoids, click here
Other name(s): bornyl pyrophosphate hydrolase; monoterpenyl-pyrophosphatase
Systematic name: monoterpenyl-diphosphate diphosphohydrolase
Comments: A group of enzymes with varying specificity for the monoterpenol moiety. One has the highest activity on sterically hindered compounds such as (+)-bornyl diphosphate; another has highest activity on the diphosphates of primary allylic alcohols such as geraniol.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Croteau, R. and Karp, F. Biosynthesis of monoterpenes: hydrolysis of bornyl pyrophosphate, an essential step in camphor biosynthesis, and hydrolysis of geranyl pyrophosphate, the acyclic precursor of camphor, by enzymes from sage (Salvia officinalis). Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 198 (1979) 523–532. [DOI] [PMID: 42357]
[EC 3.1.7.3 created 1984]
 
 
EC 5.5.1.28     Relevance: 42.9%
Accepted name: (–)-kolavenyl diphosphate synthase
Reaction: geranylgeranyl diphosphate = (–)-kolavenyl diphosphate
For diagram of (–)-kolavenyl diphosphate derived diterpenoids, click here
Glossary: (–)-kolavenyl diphosphate = (2E)-5-[(1R,2S,4aS,8aS)-1,2,4a,5-tetramethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,7,8,8a-octahydronaphthalen-1-yl]-3-methylpent-2-en-1-yl diposphate
Other name(s): SdKPS; TwTPS14; TwTPS10/KPS; SdCPS2; clerodienyl diphosphate synthase; CLPP
Systematic name: (–)-kolavenyl diphosphate lyase (ring-opening)
Comments: Isolated from the hallucinogenic plant Salvia divinorum (seer’s sage) and the medicinal plant Tripterygium wilfordii (thunder god vine).
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Hansen, N.L., Heskes, A.M., Hamberger, B., Olsen, C.E., Hallstrom, B.M., Andersen-Ranberg, J. and Hamberger, B. The terpene synthase gene family in Tripterygium wilfordii harbors a labdane-type diterpene synthase among the monoterpene synthase TPS-b subfamily. Plant J. 89 (2017) 429–441. [DOI] [PMID: 27801964]
2.  Chen, X., Berim, A., Dayan, F.E. and Gang, D.R. A (–)-kolavenyl diphosphate synthase catalyzes the first step of salvinorin A biosynthesis in Salvia divinorum. J. Exp. Bot. 68 (2017) 1109–1122. [DOI] [PMID: 28204567]
[EC 5.5.1.28 created 2017]
 
 
EC 4.2.3.186     Relevance: 40.5%
Accepted name: ent-13-epi-manoyl oxide synthase
Reaction: ent-8α-hydroxylabd-13-en-15-yl diphosphate = ent-13-epi-manoyl oxide + diphosphate
For diagram of (–)-kolavenyl diphosphate derived diterpenoids, click here
Glossary: Ent-13-epi-manoyl oxide = (13R)-ent-8,13-epoxylabd-14-ene
Other name(s): SmKSL2; ent-LDPP synthase
Systematic name: ent-8α-hydroxylabd-13-en-15-yl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, ent-13-epi-manoyl-oxide-forming)
Comments: Isolated from the plant Salvia miltiorrhiza (red sage).
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Cui, G., Duan, L., Jin, B., Qian, J., Xue, Z., Shen, G., Snyder, J.H., Song, J., Chen, S., Huang, L., Peters, R.J. and Qi, X. Functional divergence of diterpene syntheses in the medicinal plant Salvia miltiorrhiza. Plant Physiol. 169 (2015) 1607–1618. [DOI] [PMID: 26077765]
[EC 4.2.3.186 created 2017]
 
 
EC 4.2.3.6     Relevance: 38.9%
Accepted name: trichodiene synthase
Reaction: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate = trichodiene + diphosphate
For diagram of biosynthesis of bicyclic sesquiterpenoids derived from bisabolyl cation, click here and for diagram of trichodiene and (–)-α-cuprenene biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): trichodiene synthetase; sesquiterpene cyclase; trans,trans-farnesyl-diphosphate sesquiterpenoid-lyase
Systematic name: (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, trichodiene-forming)
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 101915-76-8
References:
1.  Hohn, T.M. and Vanmiddlesworth, F. Purification and characterization of the sesquiterpene cyclase trichodiene synthetase from Fusarium sporotrichioides. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 251 (1986) 756–761. [DOI] [PMID: 3800398]
2.  Hohn, T.M. and Beremand, P.D. Isolation and nucleotide sequence of a sesquiterpene cyclase gene from the trichothecene-producing fungus Fusarium sporotrichioides. Gene 79 (1989) 131–138. [DOI] [PMID: 2777086]
3.  Rynkiewicz, M.J., Cane, D.E. and Christianson, D.W. Structure of trichodiene synthase from Fusarium sporotrichioides provides mechanistic inferences on the terpene cyclization cascade. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98 (2001) 13543–13548. [DOI] [PMID: 11698643]
[EC 4.2.3.6 created 1989 as EC 4.1.99.6, transferred 2000 to EC 4.2.3.6]
 
 
EC 4.2.3.95     Relevance: 33.6%
Accepted name: (-)-α-cuprenene synthase
Reaction: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate = (-)-α-cuprenene + diphosphate
For diagram of biosynthesis of bicyclic sesquiterpenoids derived from bisabolyl cation, click here and for diagram of trichodiene and (–)-α-cuprenene biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): Cop6
Systematic name: (-)-α-cuprenene hydrolase [cyclizing, (-)-α-cuprenene-forming]
Comments: The enzyme from the fungus Coprinopsis cinerea produces (-)-α-cuprenene with high selectivity.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Lopez-Gallego, F., Agger, S.A., Abate-Pella, D., Distefano, M.D. and Schmidt-Dannert, C. Sesquiterpene synthases Cop4 and Cop6 from Coprinus cinereus: catalytic promiscuity and cyclization of farnesyl pyrophosphate geometric isomers. ChemBioChem 11 (2010) 1093–1106. [DOI] [PMID: 20419721]
[EC 4.2.3.95 created 2012]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.142     Relevance: 26.4%
Accepted name: nerylneryl diphosphate synthase
Reaction: prenyl diphosphate + 3 (3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl diphosphate) = 3 diphosphate + nerylneryl diphosphate
(1a) prenyl diphosphate + 3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl diphosphate = diphosphate + neryl diphosphate
(1b) neryl diphosphate + 3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl diphosphate = diphosphate + (2Z,6Z)-farnesyl diphosphate
(1c) (2Z,6Z)-farnesyl diphosphate + 3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl diphosphate = diphosphate + nerylneryl diphosphate
For diagram of all-cis-polyprenyl diphosphate, click here
Glossary: nerylneryl diphosphate = all-cis-tetraprenyl diphosphate
Other name(s): CPT2; dimethylallyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate cistransferase (adding 3 isopentenyl units)
Systematic name: prenyl-diphosphate:3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl-diphosphate cistransferase (adding 3 units of 3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl)
Comments: Isolated from the plant Solanum lycopersicum (tomato).
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Akhtar, T.A., Matsuba, Y., Schauvinhold, I., Yu, G., Lees, H.A., Klein, S.E. and Pichersky, E. The tomato cis-prenyltransferase gene family. Plant J. 73 (2013) 640–652. [DOI] [PMID: 23134568]
2.  Matsuba, Y., Zi, J., Jones, A.D., Peters, R.J. and Pichersky, E. Biosynthesis of the diterpenoid lycosantalonol via nerylneryl diphosphate in Solanum lycopersicum. PLoS One 10:e0119302 (2015). [DOI] [PMID: 25786135]
[EC 2.5.1.142 created 2017]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.158     Relevance: 24.7%
Accepted name: hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase (prenyl-diphosphate specific)
Reaction: prenyl diphosphate + 5 3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl diphosphate = all-trans-hexaprenyl diphosphate + 5 diphosphate
Glossary: prenyl diphosphate = dimethylallyl diphosphate
3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl diphosphate = isopentenyl diphosphate
Other name(s): HexPPS
Systematic name: prenyl-diphosphate:3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl-diphosphate transferase (adding 5 units of 3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl)
Comments: This activity has been characterized from a number of fungal bifunctional enzymes. Following the formation of hexaprenyl diphosphate, a different domain in the enzymes catalyses its cyclization into a triterpene (see EC 4.2.3.221, macrophomene synthase and EC 4.2.3.220, talaropentaene synthase). cf. EC 2.5.1.82, hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase [geranylgeranyl-diphosphate specific].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Tao, H., Lauterbach, L., Bian, G., Chen, R., Hou, A., Mori, T., Cheng, S., Hu, B., Lu, L., Mu, X., Li, M., Adachi, N., Kawasaki, M., Moriya, T., Senda, T., Wang, X., Deng, Z., Abe, I., Dickschat, J.S. and Liu, T. Discovery of non-squalene triterpenes. Nature 606 (2022) 414–419. [DOI] [PMID: 35650436]
[EC 2.5.1.158 created 2024]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.28     Relevance: 24.6%
Accepted name: dimethylallylcistransferase
Reaction: prenyl diphosphate + 3-methyl-but-3-en-1-yl diphosphate = diphosphate + neryl diphosphate
For diagram of all-cis-polyprenyl diphosphate, click here
Glossary: neryl = (2Z)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-yl
Other name(s): neryl-diphosphate synthase; dimethylallyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate dimethylallylcistransferase
Systematic name: prenyl-diphosphate:3-methyl-but-3-en-1-yl-diphosphate prenylcistransferase
Comments: This enzyme will not use larger prenyl diphosphates as efficient donors.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9032-79-5
References:
1.  Banthorpe, D.V., Bucknall, G.A., Doonan, H.J., Doonan, S. and Rowan, M.G. Biosynthesis of geraniol and nerol in cell-free extracts of Tanacetum vulgare. Phytochemistry 15 (1976) 91–100.
2.  Beytía, E., Valenzuela, P. and Cori, O. Terpene biosynthesis: formation of nerol, geraniol, and other prenols by an enzyme system from Pinus radiata seedlings. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 129 (1969) 346–356. [DOI] [PMID: 4303098]
[EC 2.5.1.28 created 1984]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.92     Relevance: 24.5%
Accepted name: (2Z,6Z)-farnesyl diphosphate synthase
Reaction: prenyl diphosphate + 2 isopentenyl diphosphate = 2 diphosphate + (2Z,6Z)-farnesyl diphosphate
(1a) prenyl diphosphate + isopentenyl diphosphate = diphosphate + neryl diphosphate
(1b) neryl diphosphate + isopentenyl diphosphate = diphosphate + (2Z,6Z)-farnesyl diphosphate
For diagram of all-cis-polyprenyl diphosphate, click here
Glossary: prenyl diphosphate = dimethylallyl diphosphate
Other name(s): cis,cis-farnesyl diphosphate synthase; Z,Z-FPP synthase; zFPS; Z,Z-farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase; dimethylallyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate cistransferase (adding 2 isopentenyl units)
Systematic name: prenyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate cistransferase (adding 2 isopentenyl units)
Comments: This enzyme, originally characterized from wild tomato, specifically forms (2Z,6Z)-farnesyl diphosphate via neryl diphosphate and isopentenyl diphosphate. In wild tomato it is involved in the biosynthesis of several sesquiterpenes. See also EC 2.5.1.68 [(2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate synthase] and EC 2.5.1.10 [(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate synthase].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Sallaud, C., Rontein, D., Onillon, S., Jabes, F., Duffe, P., Giacalone, C., Thoraval, S., Escoffier, C., Herbette, G., Leonhardt, N., Causse, M. and Tissier, A. A novel pathway for sesquiterpene biosynthesis from Z,Z-farnesyl pyrophosphate in the wild tomato Solanum habrochaites. Plant Cell 21 (2009) 301–317. [DOI] [PMID: 19155349]
[EC 2.5.1.92 created 2010, modified 2011]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.69     Relevance: 24%
Accepted name: lavandulyl diphosphate synthase
Reaction: 2 prenyl diphosphate = diphosphate + lavandulyl diphosphate
For diagram of reaction, click here
Glossary: lavandulyl = 5-methyl-2-(prop-1-en-2-yl)hex-4-en-1-yl
Other name(s): FDS-5; dimethylallyl-diphosphate:dimethylallyl-diphosphate dimethylallyltransferase (lavandulyl-diphosphate-forming)
Systematic name: prenyl-diphosphate:prenyl-diphosphate prenyltransferase (lavandulyl-diphosphate-forming)
Comments: Lavandulyl diphosphate is a monoterpene with a non-head-to-tail linkage. It is unlike most monoterpenoids, which are derived from geranyl diphosphate and have isoprene units that are linked head-to-tail. When this enzyme is incubated with prenyl diphosphate and 3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl diphosphate, it also forms the regular monoterpene geranyl diphosphate [2]. The enzyme from Artemisia tridentata (big sagebrush) forms both lavandulyl diphosphate and chrysanthemyl diphosphate (see EC 2.5.1.67, chrysanthemyl diphosphate synthase) when prenyl diphosphate is the sole substrate.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Erickson, H.K. and Poulter, C.D. Chrysanthemyl diphosphate synthase. The relationship among chain elongation, branching, and cyclopropanation reactions in the isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125 (2003) 6886–6888. [DOI] [PMID: 12783539]
2.  Hemmerlin, A., Rivera, S.B., Erickson, H.K. and Poulter, C.D. Enzymes encoded by the farnesyl diphosphate synthase gene family in the Big Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata ssp. spiciformis. J. Biol. Chem. 278 (2003) 32132–32140. [DOI] [PMID: 12782626]
[EC 2.5.1.69 created 2007]
 
 
EC 4.2.1.174     Relevance: 23.9%
Accepted name: peregrinol diphosphate synthase
Reaction: peregrinol diphosphate = geranylgeranyl diphosphate + H2O
For diagram of hydroxylabdenyl diphosphate derived diterpenoids, click here
Glossary: peregrinol diphosphate = (13E)-9-hydroxy-8α-labda-13-en-15-yl diphosphate
Other name(s): MvCPS1
Systematic name: geranylgeranyl-diphosphate hydro-lyase (peregrinol-diphosphate-forming)
Comments: Isolated from the plant Marrubium vulgare (white horehound). Involved in marrubiin biosynthesis.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Zerbe, P., Chiang, A., Dullat, H., O'Neil-Johnson, M., Starks, C., Hamberger, B. and Bohlmann, J. Diterpene synthases of the biosynthetic system of medicinally active diterpenoids in Marrubium vulgare. Plant J. 79 (2014) 914–927. [DOI] [PMID: 24990389]
[EC 4.2.1.174 created 2017]
 
 
EC 5.5.1.29     Relevance: 23.9%
Accepted name: (+)-kolavenyl diphosphate synthase
Reaction: geranylgeranyl diphosphate = (+)-kolavenyl diphosphate
For diagram of (+)-kolavenyl diphosphate derived diterpenoids, click here
Glossary: (+) kolavenyl diphosphate = (2E)-3-methyl-5-[(1R,2S,4aS,8aS)-1,2,4a,5-tetramethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,7,8,8a-octahydronaphthalen-1-yl]pent-2-en-1-yl diphosphate
Systematic name: (+)-kolavenyl-diphosphate lyase (ring-opening)
Comments: Isolated from the bacterium Herpetosiphon aurantiacus.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Nakano, C., Oshima, M., Kurashima, N. and Hoshino, T. Identification of a new diterpene biosynthetic gene cluster that produces O-methylkolavelool in Herpetosiphon aurantiacus. ChemBioChem 16 (2015) 772–781. [DOI] [PMID: 25694050]
[EC 5.5.1.29 created 2017]
 
 
EC 5.3.3.11     Relevance: 23.9%
Accepted name: isopiperitenone Δ-isomerase
Reaction: isopiperitenone = piperitenone
For diagram of (–)-carvone, perillyl aldehyde and pulegone biosynthesis, click here
Systematic name: isopiperitenone Δ8-Δ4-isomerase
Comments: Involved in the biosynthesis of menthol and related monoterpenes in peppermint (Mentha piperita) leaves.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 96595-07-2
References:
1.  Kjonaas, R.B., Venkatachalam, K.V. and Croteau, R. Metabolism of monoterpenes: oxidation of isopiperitenol to isopiperitenone, and subsequent isomerization to piperitenone by soluble enzyme preparations from peppermint (Mentha piperita) leaves. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 238 (1985) 49–60. [DOI] [PMID: 3885858]
[EC 5.3.3.11 created 1989]
 
 
EC 4.2.3.26     Relevance: 23.7%
Accepted name: R-linalool synthase
Reaction: geranyl diphosphate + H2O = (3R)-linalool + diphosphate
For diagram of acyclic monoterpenoid biosynthesis, click here
Glossary: (3R)-linalool = (3R)-3,7-dimethylocta-1,6-dien-3-ol
Other name(s): (3R)-linalool synthase; (–)-3R-linalool synthase
Systematic name: geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [(3R)-linalool-forming]
Comments: Geranyl diphosphate cannot be replaced by isopentenyl diphosphate (3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl diphosphate), prenyl diphosphate, farnesyl diphosphate or geranylgeranyl diphosphate as substrate [1]. Requires Mg2+ or Mn2+ for activity. Unlike many other monoterpene synthases, only a single product, (3R)-linalool, is formed.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 254993-26-5
References:
1.  Jia, J.W., Crock, J., Lu, S., Croteau, R. and Chen, X.Y. (3R)-Linalool synthase from Artemisia annua L.: cDNA isolation, characterization, and wound induction. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 372 (1999) 143–149. [DOI] [PMID: 10562427]
2.  Crowell, A.L., Williams, D.C., Davis, E.M., Wildung, M.R. and Croteau, R. Molecular cloning and characterization of a new linalool synthase. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 405 (2002) 112–121. [DOI] [PMID: 12176064]
[EC 4.2.3.26 created 2006]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.32     Relevance: 23.7%
Accepted name: 15-cis-phytoene synthase
Reaction: 2 geranylgeranyl diphosphate = 15-cis-phytoene + 2 diphosphate (overall reaction)
(1a) 2 geranylgeranyl diphosphate = diphosphate + prephytoene diphosphate
(1b) prephytoene diphosphate = 15-cis-phytoene + diphosphate
For diagram of squalene, phytoene and 4,4′-diapophytoene biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): PSY (gene name); crtB (gene name); prephytoene-diphosphate synthase; phytoene synthetase; PSase; geranylgeranyl-diphosphate geranylgeranyltransferase
Systematic name: geranylgeranyl-diphosphate:geranylgeranyl-diphosphate geranylgeranyltransferase (15-cis-phytoene-forming)
Comments: Requires Mn2+ for activity. The enzyme condenses two molecules of geranylgeranyl diphosphate to give prephytoene diphosphate, followed by rearrangement of the cyclopropylcarbinyl intermediate to 15-cis-phytoene.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 50936-61-3
References:
1.  Chamovitz, D., Misawa, N., Sandmann, G. and Hirschberg, J. Molecular cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of a cyanobacterial gene coding for phytoene synthase, a carotenoid biosynthesis enzyme. FEBS Lett. 296 (1992) 305–310. [DOI] [PMID: 1537409]
2.  Sandmann, G. and Misawa, N. New functional assignment of the carotenogenic genes crtB and crtE with constructs of these genes from Erwinia species. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 69 (1992) 253–257. [PMID: 1555761]
3.  Scolnik, P.A. and Bartley, G.E. Nucleotide sequence of an Arabidopsis cDNA for phytoene synthase. Plant Physiol. 104 (1994) 1471–1472. [PMID: 8016277]
4.  Misawa, N., Truesdale, M.R., Sandmann, G., Fraser, P.D., Bird, C., Schuch, W. and Bramley, P.M. Expression of a tomato cDNA coding for phytoene synthase in Escherichia coli, phytoene formation in vivo and in vitro, and functional analysis of the various truncated gene products. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 116 (1994) 980–985. [PMID: 7896759]
5.  Schledz, M., al-Babili, S., von Lintig, J., Haubruck, H., Rabbani, S., Kleinig, H. and Beyer, P. Phytoene synthase from Narcissus pseudonarcissus: functional expression, galactolipid requirement, topological distribution in chromoplasts and induction during flowering. Plant J. 10 (1996) 781–792. [DOI] [PMID: 8953242]
[EC 2.5.1.32 created 1984, modified 2005, modified 2012]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.88     Relevance: 23.4%
Accepted name: trans,polycis-polyprenyl diphosphate synthase [(2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate specific]
Reaction: (2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + n isopentenyl diphosphate = n diphosphate + trans,polycis-polyprenyl diphosphate (n = 9–11)
For diagram of trans-polycis-polyprenol diphosphate biosynthesis, click here
Systematic name: (2Z,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate cistransferase (adding 9–11 isopentenyl units)
Comments: Highest activity with (2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate as allylic substrate. Broad product specificity with the major product being dodecaprenyl diphosphate. Synthesizes even C70 prenyl diphosphate as the maximum chain-length product [1].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Ambo, T., Noike, M., Kurokawa, H. and Koyama, T. Cloning and functional analysis of cis-prenyltransferase from Thermobifida fusca. J. Biosci. Bioeng. 107 (2009) 620–622. [DOI] [PMID: 19447338]
[EC 2.5.1.88 created 2010]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.68     Relevance: 23.3%
Accepted name: (2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate synthase
Reaction: geranyl diphosphate + isopentenyl diphosphate = diphosphate + (2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate
For diagram of trans-polycis-polyprenol diphosphate biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): (Z)-farnesyl diphosphate synthase; Z-farnesyl diphosphate synthase
Systematic name: geranyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate geranylcistransferase
Comments: Requires Mg2+ or Mn2+ for activity. The product of this reaction is an intermediate in the synthesis of decaprenyl phosphate, which plays a central role in the biosynthesis of most features of the mycobacterial cell wall, including peptidoglycan, linker unit galactan and arabinan. Neryl diphosphate can also act as substrate.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Schulbach, M.C., Mahapatra, S., Macchia, M., Barontini, S., Papi, C., Minutolo, F., Bertini, S., Brennan, P.J. and Crick, D.C. Purification, enzymatic characterization, and inhibition of the Z-farnesyl diphosphate synthase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J. Biol. Chem. 276 (2001) 11624–11630. [DOI] [PMID: 11152452]
[EC 2.5.1.68 created 2007, modified 2010]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.83     Relevance: 23.3%
Accepted name: hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase [(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate specific]
Reaction: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + 3 (3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl diphosphate) = 3 diphosphate + all-trans-hexaprenyl diphosphate
For diagram of terpenoid biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): HexPS (ambiguous); hexaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase (ambiguous); hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase (ambiguous); (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate farnesyltranstransferase (adding 3 isopentenyl units)
Systematic name: (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate:3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl-diphosphate farnesyltranstransferase (adding 3 units of 3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl)
Comments: The enzyme prefers farnesyl diphosphate to geranylgeranyl diphosphate as an allylic substrate and does not show activity for geranyl diphosphate and prenyl diphosphate [1].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Fujii, H., Koyama, T. and Ogura, K. Hexaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase from Micrococcus luteus B-P 26. Separation of two essential components. J. Biol. Chem. 257 (1982) 14610–14612. [PMID: 7174655]
2.  Shimizu, N., Koyama, T. and Ogura, K. Molecular cloning, expression, and characterization of the genes encoding the two essential protein components of Micrococcus luteus B-P 26 hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase. J. Bacteriol. 180 (1998) 1578–1581. [PMID: 9515931]
3.  Nagaki, M., Kimura, K., Kimura, H., Maki, Y., Goto, E., Nishino, T. and Koyama, T. Artificial substrates of medium-chain elongating enzymes, hexaprenyl- and heptaprenyl diphosphate synthases. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 11 (2001) 2157–2159. [DOI] [PMID: 11514159]
[EC 2.5.1.83 created 1984 as EC 2.5.1.33, part transferred 2010 to EC 2.5.1.83]
 
 
EC 4.2.1.133     Relevance: 23%
Accepted name: copal-8-ol diphosphate hydratase
Reaction: (13E)-8α-hydroxylabd-13-en-15-yl diphosphate = geranylgeranyl diphosphate + H2O
For diagram of hydroxylabdenyl diphosphate derived diterpenoids, click here
Glossary: (13E)-8α-hydroxylabd-13-en-15-yl diphosphate = 8-hydroxycopalyl diphosphate
Other name(s): CcCLS
Systematic name: geranylgeranyl-diphosphate hydro-lyase [(13E)-8α-hydroxylabd-13-en-15-yl diphosphate-forming]
Comments: Requires Mg2+. The enzyme was characterized from the plant Cistus creticus subsp. creticus.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Falara, V., Pichersky, E. and Kanellis, A.K. A copal-8-ol diphosphate synthase from the angiosperm Cistus creticus subsp. creticus is a putative key enzyme for the formation of pharmacologically active, oxygen-containing labdane-type diterpenes. Plant Physiol. 154 (2010) 301–310. [DOI] [PMID: 20595348]
[EC 4.2.1.133 created 2012]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.82     Relevance: 22.9%
Accepted name: hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase [geranylgeranyl-diphosphate specific]
Reaction: geranylgeranyl diphosphate + 2 (3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl diphosphate) = 2 diphosphate + all-trans-hexaprenyl diphosphate
For diagram of terpenoid biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): HexPS(ambiguous); (all-E) hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase; (all-trans) hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase; hexaprenyl pyrophosphate synthase (ambiguous); HexPPs (ambiguous); hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase (ambiguous); geranylgeranyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate transferase (adding 2 isopentenyl units)
Systematic name: geranylgeranyl-diphosphate:3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl-diphosphate transferase (adding 2 units of 3-methylbut-3-en-1-yl)
Comments: The enzyme prefers geranylgeranyl diphosphate to farnesyl diphosphate as an allylic substrate and does not show activity for geranyl diphosphate and prenyl diphosphate. Requires Mg2+ [1].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Hemmi, H., Ikejiri, S., Yamashita, S. and Nishino, T. Novel medium-chain prenyl diphosphate synthase from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. J. Bacteriol. 184 (2002) 615–620. [DOI] [PMID: 11790729]
2.  Hemmi, H., Noike, M., Nakayama, T. and Nishino, T. Change of product specificity of hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase from Sulfolobus solfataricus by introducing mimetic mutations. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 297 (2002) 1096–1101. [DOI] [PMID: 12372398]
3.  Sun, H.Y., Ko, T.P., Kuo, C.J., Guo, R.T., Chou, C.C., Liang, P.H. and Wang, A.H. Homodimeric hexaprenyl pyrophosphate synthase from the thermoacidophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus displays asymmetric subunit structures. J. Bacteriol. 187 (2005) 8137–8148. [DOI] [PMID: 16291686]
[EC 2.5.1.82 created 1984 as EC 2.5.1.33, part transferred 2010 to EC 2.5.1.82]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.96     Relevance: 22.8%
Accepted name: 4,4′-diapophytoene synthase
Reaction: 2 (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate = 15-cis-4,4′-diapophytoene + 2 diphosphate (overall reaction)
(1a) 2 (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate = diphosphate + presqualene diphosphate
(1b) presqualene diphosphate = 15-cis-4,4′-diapophytoene + diphosphate
For diagram of squalene, phytoene and 4,4′-diapophytoene biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): dehydrosqualene synthase; DAP synthase; C30 carotene synthase; CrtM
Systematic name: farnesyl-diphosphate:farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase (15-cis-4,4′-diapophytoene-forming)
Comments: Requires Mn2+. Typical of Staphylococcus aureus and some other bacteria such as Heliobacillus sp.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Umeno, D., Tobias, A.V. and Arnold, F.H. Evolution of the C30 carotenoid synthase CrtM for function in a C40 pathway. J. Bacteriol. 184 (2002) 6690–6699. [DOI] [PMID: 12426357]
2.  Pelz, A., Wieland, K.P., Putzbach, K., Hentschel, P., Albert, K. and Gotz, F. Structure and biosynthesis of staphyloxanthin from Staphylococcus aureus. J. Biol. Chem. 280 (2005) 32493–32498. [DOI] [PMID: 16020541]
3.  Ku, B., Jeong, J.C., Mijts, B.N., Schmidt-Dannert, C. and Dordick, J.S. Preparation, characterization, and optimization of an in vitro C30 carotenoid pathway. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71 (2005) 6578–6583. [DOI] [PMID: 16269684]
4.  Liu, C.I., Liu, G.Y., Song, Y., Yin, F., Hensler, M.E., Jeng, W.Y., Nizet, V., Wang, A.H. and Oldfield, E. A cholesterol biosynthesis inhibitor blocks Staphylococcus aureus virulence. Science 319 (2008) 1391–1394. [DOI] [PMID: 18276850]
[EC 2.5.1.96 created 2011]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.89     Relevance: 22.7%
Accepted name: tritrans,polycis-undecaprenyl diphosphate synthase [geranylgeranyl-diphosphate specific]
Reaction: geranylgeranyl diphosphate + 7 isopentenyl diphosphate = 7 diphosphate + tritrans,heptacis-undecaprenyl diphosphate
For diagram of di- and tritrans,polycis-polyprenol biosynthesis, click here
Systematic name: geranylgeranyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate cistransferase (adding 7 isopentenyl units)
Comments: This enzyme is involved in the biosynthesis of the glycosyl carrier lipid in some archaebacteria. Unlike EC 2.5.1.31, its counterpart in most bacteria, it prefers geranylgeranyl diphosphate to farnesyl diphosphate as the allylic substrate, resulting in production of a tritrans,polycis variant of undecaprenyl diphosphate [1].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Hemmi, H., Yamashita, S., Shimoyama, T., Nakayama, T. and Nishino, T. Cloning, expression, and characterization of cis-polyprenyl diphosphate synthase from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. J. Bacteriol. 183 (2001) 401–404. [DOI] [PMID: 11114943]
[EC 2.5.1.89 created 2010, modified 2011]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.84     Relevance: 22.7%
Accepted name: all-trans-nonaprenyl diphosphate synthase [geranyl-diphosphate specific]
Reaction: geranyl diphosphate + 7 isopentenyl diphosphate = 7 diphosphate + all-trans-nonaprenyl diphosphate
For diagram of terpenoid biosynthesis, click here
Glossary: solanesyl diphosphate = all-trans-nonaprenyl diphosphate
Other name(s): nonaprenyl diphosphate synthase (ambiguous); solanesyl diphosphate synthase (ambiguous); SolPP synthase (ambiguous); SPP-synthase (ambiguous); SPP synthase (ambiguous); solanesyl-diphosphate synthase (ambiguous); OsSPS2
Systematic name: geranyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate transtransferase (adding 7 isopentenyl units)
Comments: (2E,6E)-Farnesyl diphosphate and geranylgeranyl diphosphate are less effective as substrates than geranyl diphosphate. The enzyme is involved in the synthesis of the side chain of menaquinone-9 [1]. In Oryza sativa the enzyme SPS2 is involved in providing solanesyl diphosphate for plastoquinone-9 formation [3].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Sagami, H., Ogura, K. and Seto, S. Solanesyl pyrophosphate synthetase from Micrococcus lysodeikticus. Biochemistry 16 (1977) 4616–4622. [PMID: 911777]
2.  Fujii, H., Sagami, H., Koyama, T., Ogura, K., Seto, S., Baba, T. and Allen, C.M. Variable product specificity of solanesyl pyrophosphate synthetase. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 96 (1980) 1648–1653. [DOI] [PMID: 7447947]
3.  Ohara, K., Sasaki, K. and Yazaki, K. Two solanesyl diphosphate synthases with different subcellular localizations and their respective physiological roles in Oryza sativa. J. Exp. Bot. 61 (2010) 2683–2692. [DOI] [PMID: 20421194]
4.  Ohnuma, S., Koyama, T. and Ogura, K. Purification of solanesyl-diphosphate synthase from Micrococcus luteus. A new class of prenyltransferase. J. Biol. Chem. 266 (1991) 23706–23713. [PMID: 1748647]
5.  Gotoh, T., Koyama, T. and Ogura, K. Farnesyl diphosphate synthase and solanesyl diphosphate synthase reactions of diphosphate-modified allylic analogs: the significance of the diphosphate linkage involved in the allylic substrates for prenyltransferase. J. Biochem. 112 (1992) 20–27. [PMID: 1429508]
6.  Teclebrhan, H., Olsson, J., Swiezewska, E. and Dallner, G. Biosynthesis of the side chain of ubiquinone:trans-prenyltransferase in rat liver microsomes. J. Biol. Chem. 268 (1993) 23081–23086. [PMID: 8226825]
[EC 2.5.1.84 created 1972 as EC 2.5.1.11, part transferred 2010 to EC 2.5.1.84]
 
 
EC 4.2.3.189     Relevance: 22.5%
Accepted name: 9,13-epoxylabd-14-ene synthase
Reaction: peregrinol diphosphate = (13R)-9,13-epoxylabd-14-ene + diphosphate
For diagram of hydroxylabdenyl diphosphate derived diterpenoids, click here
Glossary: peregrinol diphosphate = (13E)-9-hydroxy-8α-labd-13-en-15-yl diphosphate
Other name(s): ELS (gene name); TPS2 (gene name) (ambiguous); peregrinol-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (9,13-epoxylabd-14-ene-forming)
Systematic name: peregrinol-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [(13R)-9,13-epoxylabd-14-ene-forming]
Comments: Isolated from the plants Marrubium vulgare (white horehound) and Vitex agnus-castus (chaste tree). Involved in marrubiin biosynthesis.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Zerbe, P., Chiang, A., Dullat, H., O'Neil-Johnson, M., Starks, C., Hamberger, B. and Bohlmann, J. Diterpene synthases of the biosynthetic system of medicinally active diterpenoids in Marrubium vulgare. Plant J. 79 (2014) 914–927. [DOI] [PMID: 24990389]
2.  Heskes, A.M., Sundram, T.CM., Boughton, B.A., Jensen, N.B., Hansen, N.L., Crocoll, C., Cozzi, F., Rasmussen, S., Hamberger, B., Hamberger, B., Staerk, D., Møller, B.L. and Pateraki, I. Biosynthesis of bioactive diterpenoids in the medicinal plant Vitex agnus-castus. Plant J. 93 (2018) 943–958. [PMID: 29315936]
[EC 4.2.3.189 created 2017]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.21     Relevance: 22.4%
Accepted name: squalene synthase
Reaction: 2 (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + NAD(P)H + H+ = squalene + 2 diphosphate + NAD(P)+ (overall reaction)
(1a) 2 (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate = diphosphate + presqualene diphosphate
(1b) presqualene diphosphate + NAD(P)H + H+ = squalene + diphosphate + NAD(P)+
For diagram of squalene, phytoene and 4,4′-diapophytoene biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): farnesyltransferase; presqualene-diphosphate synthase; presqualene synthase; squalene synthetase; farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase; SQS
Systematic name: (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate:(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase
Comments: This microsomal enzyme catalyses the first committed step in the biosynthesis of sterols. The enzyme from yeast requires either Mg2+ or Mn2+ for activity. In the absence of NAD(P)H, presqualene diphosphate (PSPP) is accumulated. When NAD(P)H is present, presqualene diphosphate does not dissociate from the enzyme during the synthesis of squalene from farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) [8]. High concentrations of FPP inhibit the production of squalene but not of PSPP [8].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9077-14-9
References:
1.  Kuswick-Rabiega, G. and Rilling, H.C. Squalene synthetase. Solubilization and partial purification of squalene synthetase, copurification of presqualene pyrophosphate and squalene synthetase activities. J. Biol. Chem. 262 (1987) 1505–1509. [PMID: 3805037]
2.  Ericsson, J., Appelkvist, E.L., Thelin, A., Chojnacki, T. and Dallner, G. Isoprenoid biosynthesis in rat liver peroxisomes. Characterization of cis-prenyltransferase and squalene synthetase. J. Biol. Chem. 267 (1992) 18708–18714. [PMID: 1527001]
3.  Tansey, T.R. and Shechter, I. Structure and regulation of mammalian squalene synthase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1529 (2000) 49–62. [DOI] [PMID: 11111077]
4.  LoGrasso, P.V., Soltis, D.A. and Boettcher, B.R. Overexpression, purification, and kinetic characterization of a carboxyl-terminal-truncated yeast squalene synthetase. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 307 (1993) 193–199. [DOI] [PMID: 8239656]
5.  Shechter, I., Klinger, E., Rucker, M.L., Engstrom, R.G., Spirito, J.A., Islam, M.A., Boettcher, B.R. and Weinstein, D.B. Solubilization, purification, and characterization of a truncated form of rat hepatic squalene synthetase. J. Biol. Chem. 267 (1992) 8628–8635. [PMID: 1569107]
6.  Agnew, W.S. and Popják, G. Squalene synthetase. Stoichiometry and kinetics of presqualene pyrophosphate and squalene synthesis by yeast microsomes. J. Biol. Chem. 253 (1978) 4566–4573. [PMID: 26684]
7.  Pandit, J., Danley, D.E., Schulte, G.K., Mazzalupo, S., Pauly, T.A., Hayward, C.M., Hamanaka, E.S., Thompson, J.F. and Harwood, H.J., Jr. Crystal structure of human squalene synthase. A key enzyme in cholesterol biosynthesis. J. Biol. Chem. 275 (2000) 30610–30617. [DOI] [PMID: 10896663]
8.  Radisky, E.S. and Poulter, C.D. Squalene synthase: steady-state, pre-steady-state, and isotope-trapping studies. Biochemistry 39 (2000) 1748–1760. [DOI] [PMID: 10677224]
[EC 2.5.1.21 created 1976, modified 2005, modified 2012]
 
 
EC 1.1.1.243     Relevance: 22.4%
Accepted name: carveol dehydrogenase
Reaction: (–)-trans-carveol + NADP+ = (–)-carvone + NADPH + H+
For diagram of (–)-carvone, perillyl aldehyde and pulegone biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): (–)-trans-carveol dehydrogenase
Systematic name: (–)-trans-carveol:NADP+ oxidoreductase
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 122653-66-1
References:
1.  Gershenzon, J., Maffei, M. and Croteau, R. Biochemical and histochemical-localization of monoterpene biosynthesis in the glandular trichomes of spearmint (Mentha spicata). Plant Physiol. 89 (1989) 1351–1357. [PMID: 16666709]
[EC 1.1.1.243 created 1992]
 
 
EC 5.5.1.15     Relevance: 22.3%
Accepted name: terpentedienyl-diphosphate synthase
Reaction: geranylgeranyl diphosphate = terpentedienyl diphosphate
For diagram of diterpenoid biosynthesis, click here
Glossary: terpentedienyl diphosphate = (2E)-3-methyl-5-[(1R,2R,4aS,8aS)-1,2,4a,5-tetramethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,7,8,8a-octahydronaphthalen-1-yl]pent-2-en-1-yl diphosphate
Other name(s): terpentedienol diphosphate synthase; Cyc1; clerodadienyl diphosphate synthase; terpentedienyl-diphosphate lyase (decyclizing)
Systematic name: terpentedienyl-diphosphate lyase (ring-opening)
Comments: Requires Mg2+. Contains a DXDD motif, which is a characteristic of diterpene cylases whose reactions are initiated by protonation at the 14,15-double bond of geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGDP) [2]. The triggering proton is lost at the end of the cyclization reaction [3]. The product of the reaction, terpentedienyl diphosphate, is the substrate for EC 4.2.3.36, terpentetriene synthase and is a precursor of the diterpenoid antibiotic terpentecin.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Dairi, T., Hamano, Y., Kuzuyama, T., Itoh, N., Furihata, K. and Seto, H. Eubacterial diterpene cyclase genes essential for production of the isoprenoid antibiotic terpentecin. J. Bacteriol. 183 (2001) 6085–6094. [DOI] [PMID: 11567009]
2.  Hamano, Y., Kuzuyama, T., Itoh, N., Furihata, K., Seto, H. and Dairi, T. Functional analysis of eubacterial diterpene cyclases responsible for biosynthesis of a diterpene antibiotic, terpentecin. J. Biol. Chem. 277 (2002) 37098–37104. [DOI] [PMID: 12138123]
3.  Eguchi, T., Dekishima, Y., Hamano, Y., Dairi, T., Seto, H. and Kakinuma, K. A new approach for the investigation of isoprenoid biosynthesis featuring pathway switching, deuterium hyperlabeling, and 1H NMR spectroscopy. The reaction mechanism of a novel streptomyces diterpene cyclase. J. Org. Chem. 68 (2003) 5433–5438. [DOI] [PMID: 12839434]
[EC 5.5.1.15 created 2008]
 
 
EC 3.7.1.27      
Transferred entry: neryl diphosphate diphosphatase. Now EC 3.1.7.13, neryl diphosphate diphosphatase.
[EC 3.7.1.27 created 2020, deleted 2021]
 
 
EC 3.1.7.13     Relevance: 22.1%
Accepted name: neryl diphosphate diphosphatase
Reaction: neryl diphosphate + H2O = nerol + diphosphate
For diagram of all-cis-polyprenyl diphosphate, click here
Glossary: nerol = (2Z)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-ol
Other name(s): NES (gene name); nerol synthase
Systematic name: neryl-diphosphate diphosphohydrolase
Comments: The enzyme, characterized from Glycine max (soybeans), is specific for neryl diphosphate.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Zhang, M., Liu, J., Li, K. and Yu, D. Identification and characterization of a novel monoterpene synthase from soybean restricted to neryl diphosphate precursor. PLoS One 8:e75972 (2013). [DOI] [PMID: 24124526]
[EC 3.1.7.13 created 2020 as EC 3.7.1.27, transferred 2021 to EC 3.1.7.13]
 
 
EC 2.7.4.15     Relevance: 22.1%
Accepted name: thiamine-diphosphate kinase
Reaction: ATP + thiamine diphosphate = ADP + thiamine triphosphate
For diagram of thiamine diphosphate biosynthesis, click here
Glossary: thiamine diphosphate = 3-[(4-amino-2-methylpyrimidin-5-yl)methyl]-5-(2-diphosphoethyl)-4-methyl-1,3-thiazolium
Other name(s): ATP:thiamin-diphosphate phosphotransferase; TDP kinase; thiamin diphosphate kinase; thiamin diphosphate phosphotransferase; thiamin pyrophosphate kinase; thiamine diphosphate kinase; protein bound thiamin diphosphate:ATP phosphoryltransferase
Systematic name: ATP:thiamine-diphosphate phosphotransferase
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 9075-79-0
References:
1.  Itokawa, Y. and Cooper, J.R. The enzymatic synthesis of triphosphothiamin. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 158 (1968) 180–182. [DOI] [PMID: 5661031]
2.  Kikuchi, M. and Ikawa, T. Presence of an enzyme mediating transfer of phosphate from thiamine triphosphate to ADP in germinating maize. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 97 (1984) 193–205.
[EC 2.7.4.15 created 1972]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.33      
Transferred entry: trans-pentaprenyltranstransferase. Now covered by EC 2.5.1.82 (hexaprenyl diphosphate synthase [geranylgeranyl-diphosphate specific]) and EC 2.5.1.83 (hexaprenyl-diphosphate synthase [(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate specific])
[EC 2.5.1.33 created 1984, deleted 2010]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.31     Relevance: 21.8%
Accepted name: ditrans,polycis-undecaprenyl-diphosphate synthase [(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate specific]
Reaction: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + 8 isopentenyl diphosphate = 8 diphosphate + ditrans,octacis-undecaprenyl diphosphate
For diagram of di- and tritrans,polycis-polyprenol biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): di-trans,poly-cis-undecaprenyl-diphosphate synthase; undecaprenyl-diphosphate synthase; bactoprenyl-diphosphate synthase; UPP synthetase; undecaprenyl diphosphate synthetase; undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase; di-trans,poly-cis-decaprenylcistransferase
Systematic name: (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate cistransferase (adding 8 isopentenyl units)
Comments: Undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthase catalyses the consecutive condensation reactions of a farnesyl diphosphate with eight isopentenyl diphosphates, in which new cis-double bonds are formed, to generate undecaprenyl diphosphate that serves as a lipid carrier for peptidoglycan synthesis of bacterial cell wall [3].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 52350-87-5
References:
1.  Muth, J.D. and Allen, C.M. Undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase from Lactobacillus plantarum: a dimeric protein. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 230 (1984) 49–60. [DOI] [PMID: 6712246]
2.  Takahashi, I. and Ogura, K. Prenyltransferases of Bacillus subtilis: undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase and geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthetase. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 92 (1982) 1527–1537. [PMID: 6818223]
3.  Guo, R.T., Ko, T.P., Chen, A.P., Kuo, C.J., Wang, A.H. and Liang, P.H. Crystal structures of undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthase in complex with magnesium, isopentenyl pyrophosphate, and farnesyl thiopyrophosphate: roles of the metal ion and conserved residues in catalysis. J. Biol. Chem. 280 (2005) 20762–20774. [DOI] [PMID: 15788389]
4.  Ko, T.P., Chen, Y.K., Robinson, H., Tsai, P.C., Gao, Y.G., Chen, A.P., Wang, A.H. and Liang, P.H. Mechanism of product chain length determination and the role of a flexible loop in Escherichia coli undecaprenyl-pyrophosphate synthase catalysis. J. Biol. Chem. 276 (2001) 47474–47482. [DOI] [PMID: 11581264]
5.  Fujikura, K., Zhang, Y.W., Fujihashi, M., Miki, K. and Koyama, T. Mutational analysis of allylic substrate binding site of Micrococcus luteus B-P 26 undecaprenyl diphosphate synthase. Biochemistry 42 (2003) 4035–4041. [DOI] [PMID: 12680756]
6.  Fujihashi, M., Zhang, Y.W., Higuchi, Y., Li, X.Y., Koyama, T. and Miki, K. Crystal structure of cis-prenyl chain elongating enzyme, undecaprenyl diphosphate synthase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98 (2001) 4337–4342. [DOI] [PMID: 11287651]
7.  Pan, J.J., Chiou, S.T. and Liang, P.H. Product distribution and pre-steady-state kinetic analysis of Escherichia coli undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthase reaction. Biochemistry 39 (2000) 10936–10942. [DOI] [PMID: 10978182]
8.  Kharel, Y., Zhang, Y.W., Fujihashi, M., Miki, K. and Koyama, T. Significance of highly conserved aromatic residues in Micrococcus luteus B-P 26 undecaprenyl diphosphate synthase. J. Biochem. 134 (2003) 819–826. [PMID: 14769870]
[EC 2.5.1.31 created 1984, modified 2011]
 
 
EC 4.2.3.41     Relevance: 21.8%
Accepted name: elisabethatriene synthase
Reaction: geranylgeranyl diphosphate = elisabethatriene + diphosphate
For diagram of diterpenoid biosynthesis, click here and for reaction mechanism, click here
Other name(s): elisabethatriene cyclase
Systematic name: geranylgeranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (elisabethatriene-forming)
Comments: Requires Mg2+ or less efficiently Mn2+. The enzyme is also able to use farnesyl diphosphate and geranyl diphosphate.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 334022-59-2
References:
1.  Kohl, A.C. and Kerr, R.G. Identification and characterization of the pseudopterosin diterpene cyclase, elisabethatriene synthase, from the marine gorgonian, Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 424 (2004) 97–104. [DOI] [PMID: 15019841]
2.  Bruck, T.B. and Kerr, R.G. Purification and kinetic properties of elisabethatriene synthase from the coral Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B Biochem. Mol. Biol. 143 (2006) 269–278. [DOI] [PMID: 16423548]
[EC 4.2.3.41 created 2009]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.10     Relevance: 21.8%
Accepted name: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate synthase
Reaction: geranyl diphosphate + isopentenyl diphosphate = diphosphate + (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate
For diagram of terpenoid biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): farnesyl-diphosphate synthase; geranyl transferase I; prenyltransferase; farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase; farnesylpyrophosphate synthetase; geranyltranstransferase
Systematic name: geranyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate geranyltranstransferase
Comments: Some forms of this enzyme will also use dimethylallyl diphosphate as a substrate. The enzyme will not accept larger prenyl diphosphates as efficient donors.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37277-79-5
References:
1.  Lynen, F., Agranoff, B.W., Eggerer, H., Henning, V. and Möslein, E.M. Zur Biosynthese der Terpene. VI. γ,γ-Dimethyl-allyl-pyrophosphat und Geranyl-pyrophosphat, biologische Vorstufen des Squalens. Angew. Chem. 71 (1959) 657–663.
2.  Ogura, K., Nishino, T. and Seto, S. The purification of prenyltransferase and isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase of pumpkin fruit and their some properties. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 64 (1968) 197–203. [PMID: 4303505]
3.  Reed, B.C. and Rilling, H. Crystallization and partial characterization of prenyltransferase from avian liver. Biochemistry 14 (1975) 50–54. [PMID: 1109590]
4.  Takahashi, I. and Ogura, K. Farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase from Bacillus subtilis. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 89 (1981) 1581–1587. [PMID: 6792191]
5.  Takahashi, I. and Ogura, K. Prenyltransferases of Bacillus subtilis: undecaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase and geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthetase. J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 92 (1982) 1527–1537. [PMID: 6818223]
[EC 2.5.1.10 created 1972, modified 2010]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.29     Relevance: 21.8%
Accepted name: geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase
Reaction: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + isopentenyl diphosphate = diphosphate + geranylgeranyl diphosphate
For diagram of terpenoid biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): geranylgeranyl-diphosphate synthase; geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthetase; geranylgeranyl-PP synthetase; farnesyltransferase; geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase; farnesyltranstransferase (obsolete)
Systematic name: (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate farnesyltranstransferase
Comments: Some forms of this enzyme will also use geranyl diphosphate and dimethylallyl diphosphate as donors; it will not use larger prenyl diphosphates as efficient donors.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9032-58-0
References:
1.  Sagami, H., Ishi, K. and Ogura, K. Occurrence and unusual properties of geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthetase of pig liver. Biochem. Int. 3 (1981) 669–675.
[EC 2.5.1.29 created 1984, modified 2011]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.85     Relevance: 21.8%
Accepted name: all-trans-nonaprenyl diphosphate synthase [geranylgeranyl-diphosphate specific]
Reaction: geranylgeranyl diphosphate + 5 isopentenyl diphosphate = 5 diphosphate + all-trans-nonaprenyl diphosphate
For diagram of terpenoid biosynthesis, click here
Glossary: solanesyl diphosphate = all-trans-nonaprenyl diphosphate
Other name(s): nonaprenyl diphosphate synthase (ambiguous); solanesyl diphosphate synthase (ambiguous); At-SPS2; At-SPS1; SPS1; SPS2
Systematic name: geranylgeranyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate transtransferase (adding 5 isopentenyl units)
Comments: Geranylgeranyl diphosphate is preferred over farnesyl diphosphate as allylic substrate [1]. The plant Arabidopsis thaliana has two different enzymes that catalyse this reaction. SPS1 contributes to the biosynthesis of the ubiquinone side-chain while SPS2 supplies the precursor of the plastoquinone side-chains [2].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Hirooka, K., Bamba, T., Fukusaki, E. and Kobayashi, A. Cloning and kinetic characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana solanesyl diphosphate synthase. Biochem. J. 370 (2003) 679–686. [DOI] [PMID: 12437513]
2.  Hirooka, K., Izumi, Y., An, C.I., Nakazawa, Y., Fukusaki, E. and Kobayashi, A. Functional analysis of two solanesyl diphosphate synthases from Arabidopsis thaliana. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 69 (2005) 592–601. [DOI] [PMID: 15784989]
3.  Jun, L., Saiki, R., Tatsumi, K., Nakagawa, T. and Kawamukai, M. Identification and subcellular localization of two solanesyl diphosphate synthases from Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol. 45 (2004) 1882–1888. [DOI] [PMID: 15653808]
[EC 2.5.1.85 created 1972 as EC 2.5.1.11, part transferred 2010 to EC 2.5.1.85]
 
 
EC 4.2.1.173     Relevance: 21.7%
Accepted name: ent-8α-hydroxylabd-13-en-15-yl diphosphate synthase
Reaction: ent-8α-hydroxylabd-13-en-15-yl diphosphate = geranylgeranyl diphosphate + H2O
For diagram of (#150)-kolavenyl diphosphate derived diterpenoids, click here
Other name(s): SmCPS4
Systematic name: geranylgeranyl-diphosphate hydro-lyase (ent-8α-hydroxylabd-13-en-15-yl diphosphate-forming)
Comments: Isolated from the plant Salvia miltiorrhiza (red sage).
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Cui, G., Duan, L., Jin, B., Qian, J., Xue, Z., Shen, G., Snyder, J.H., Song, J., Chen, S., Huang, L., Peters, R.J. and Qi, X. Functional divergence of diterpene syntheses in the medicinal plant Salvia miltiorrhiza. Plant Physiol. 169 (2015) 1607–1618. [DOI] [PMID: 26077765]
[EC 4.2.1.173 created 2017]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.148     Relevance: 21.7%
Accepted name: lycopaoctaene synthase
Reaction: 2 geranylgeranyl diphosphate + NADPH + H+ = lycopaoctaene + 2 diphosphate + NADP+ (overall reaction)
(1a) 2 geranylgeranyl diphosphate = diphosphate + prephytoene diphosphate
(1b) prephytoene diphosphate + NADPH + H+ = lycopaoctaene + diphosphate + NADP+
For diagram of squalene, phytoene and 4,4′-diapophytoene biosynthesis, click here
Glossary: lycopaoctaene = 15,15′-dihydrophytoene = (6E,10E,14E,18E,22E,26E)-2,6,10,14,19,23,27,31-octamethyldotriaconta-2,6,10,14,18,22,26,30-octaene
Other name(s): LOS (gene name)
Systematic name: geranylgeranyl-diphosphate:geranylgeranyl diphosphate geranylgeranyltransferase
Comments: The enzyme, characterized from the green microalga Botryococcus braunii race L, in involved in biosynthesis of (14E,18E)-lycopadiene. In vitro, the enzyme can accept (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate and phytyl diphosphate as substrates, and is also able to catalyse the condensation of two different substrate molecules, forming chimeric products. However, the use of these alternative substrates is not significant in vivo.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Thapa, H.R., Naik, M.T., Okada, S., Takada, K., Molnar, I., Xu, Y. and Devarenne, T.P. A squalene synthase-like enzyme initiates production of tetraterpenoid hydrocarbons in Botryococcus braunii Race L. Nat. Commun. 7:11198 (2016). [PMID: 27050299]
2.  Thapa, H.R., Tang, S., Sacchettini, J.C. and Devarenne, T.P. Tetraterpene synthase substrate and product specificity in the green microalga Botryococcus braunii Race L. ACS Chem. Biol. 12 (2017) 2408–2416. [PMID: 28813599]
[EC 2.5.1.148 created 2018]
 
 
EC 3.1.7.2     Relevance: 21.7%
Accepted name: guanosine-3′,5′-bis(diphosphate) 3′-diphosphatase
Reaction: guanosine 3′,5′-bis(diphosphate) + H2O = GDP + diphosphate
Glossary: GDP = guanosine 5′-diphosphate
Other name(s): guanosine-3′,5′-bis(diphosphate) 3′-pyrophosphatase; PpGpp-3′-pyrophosphohydrolase; PpGpp phosphohydrolase
Systematic name: guanosine-3′,5′-bis(diphosphate) 3′-diphosphohydrolase
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 70457-12-4
References:
1.  Heinemeyer, E.-A. and Richter, D. Characterization of the guanosine 5′-triphosphate 3′-diphosphate and guanosine 5′-diphosphate 3′-diphosphate degradation reaction catalyzed by a specific pyrophosphorylase from Escherichia coli. Biochemistry 17 (1978) 5368–5372. [PMID: 365225]
2.  Richter, D., Fehr, S. and Harder, R. The guanosine 3′,5′-bis(diphosphate) (ppGpp) cycle. Comparison of synthesis and degradation of guanosine 3′,5′-bis(diphosphate) in various bacterial systems. Eur. J. Biochem. 99 (1979) 57–64. [DOI] [PMID: 114395]
[EC 3.1.7.2 created 1980]
 
 
EC 4.2.3.36     Relevance: 21.7%
Accepted name: terpentetriene synthase
Reaction: terpentedienyl diphosphate = terpentetriene + diphosphate
For diagram of diterpenoid biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): Cyc2 (ambiguous)
Systematic name: terpentedienyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (terpentetriene-forming)
Comments: Requires Mg2+ for maximal activity but can use Mn2+, Fe2+ or Co2+ to a lesser extent [2]. Following on from EC 5.5.1.15, terpentedienyl-diphosphate synthase, this enzyme completes the transformation of geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGDP) into terpentetriene, which is a precursor of the diterpenoid antibiotic terpentecin. Farnesyl diphosphate can also act as a substrate.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Dairi, T., Hamano, Y., Kuzuyama, T., Itoh, N., Furihata, K. and Seto, H. Eubacterial diterpene cyclase genes essential for production of the isoprenoid antibiotic terpentecin. J. Bacteriol. 183 (2001) 6085–6094. [DOI] [PMID: 11567009]
2.  Hamano, Y., Kuzuyama, T., Itoh, N., Furihata, K., Seto, H. and Dairi, T. Functional analysis of eubacterial diterpene cyclases responsible for biosynthesis of a diterpene antibiotic, terpentecin. J. Biol. Chem. 277 (2002) 37098–37104. [DOI] [PMID: 12138123]
3.  Eguchi, T., Dekishima, Y., Hamano, Y., Dairi, T., Seto, H. and Kakinuma, K. A new approach for the investigation of isoprenoid biosynthesis featuring pathway switching, deuterium hyperlabeling, and 1H NMR spectroscopy. The reaction mechanism of a novel streptomyces diterpene cyclase. J. Org. Chem. 68 (2003) 5433–5438. [DOI] [PMID: 12839434]
[EC 4.2.3.36 created 2008]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.90     Relevance: 21.6%
Accepted name: all-trans-octaprenyl-diphosphate synthase
Reaction: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + 5 isopentenyl diphosphate = 5 diphosphate + all-trans-octaprenyl diphosphate
For diagram of terpenoid biosynthesis, click here
Glossary: all-trans-octaprenyl diphosphate = OPP
Other name(s): octaprenyl-diphosphate synthase; octaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase; polyprenylpyrophosphate synthetase; terpenoidallyltransferase; terpenyl pyrophosphate synthetase; trans-heptaprenyltranstransferase; trans-prenyltransferase
Systematic name: (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate farnesyltranstransferase (adding 5 isopentenyl units)
Comments: This enzyme catalyses the condensation reactions resulting in the formation of all-trans-octaprenyl diphosphate, the isoprenoid side chain of ubiquinone-8 and menaquinone-8. The enzyme adds five isopentenyl diphosphate molecules sequentially to farnesyl diphosphate with trans stereochemistry
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Fujisaki, S., Nishino, T. and Katsuki, H. Isoprenoid synthesis in Escherichia coli. Separation and partial purification of four enzymes involved in the synthesis. J. Biochem. 99 (1986) 1327–1337. [PMID: 3519603]
2.  Asai, K., Fujisaki, S., Nishimura, Y., Nishino, T., Okada, K., Nakagawa, T., Kawamukai, M. and Matsuda, H. The identification of Escherichia coli ispB (cel) gene encoding the octaprenyl diphosphate synthase. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 202 (1994) 340–345. [DOI] [PMID: 8037730]
[EC 2.5.1.90 created 2010]
 
 
EC 4.2.3.141     Relevance: 21.5%
Accepted name: sclareol synthase
Reaction: (13E)-8α-hydroxylabd-13-en-15-yl diphosphate + H2O = sclareol + diphosphate
For diagram of hydroxylabdenyl diphosphate derived diterpenoids, click here
Glossary: sclareol = (13R)-labd-14-ene-8α,13-diol
(13E)-8α-hydroxylabd-13-en-15-yl diphosphate = 8-hydroxycopalyl diphosphate
Other name(s): SS
Systematic name: (13E)-8α-hydroxylabd-13-en-15-yl-diphosphate-lyase (sclareol-forming)
Comments: Isolated from the plant Salvia sclarea (clary sage). Originally thought to be synthesized in one step from geranylgeranyl diphosphate it is now known to require two enzymes, EC 4.2.1.133, copal-8-ol diphosphate synthase and EC 4.2.3.141, sclareol synthase. Sclareol is used in perfumery.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Caniard, A., Zerbe, P., Legrand, S., Cohade, A., Valot, N., Magnard, J.L., Bohlmann, J. and Legendre, L. Discovery and functional characterization of two diterpene synthases for sclareol biosynthesis in Salvia sclarea (L.) and their relevance for perfume manufacture. BMC Plant Biol. 12:119 (2012). [DOI] [PMID: 22834731]
[EC 4.2.3.141 created 2013, modified 2017]
 
 
EC 4.2.3.183     Relevance: 21.4%
Accepted name: nezukol synthase
Reaction: (+)-copalyl diphosphate + H2O = nezukol + diphosphate
For diagram of pimarane diterpenoids biosynthesis, click here
Glossary: (+)-copalyl diphosphate = (2E)-3-methyl-5-[(1S,4aS,8aS)-5,5,8a-trimethyl-2-methylidenedecahydronaphthalen-1-yl]pent-2-en-1-yl trihydrogen diphosphate
nezukol = pimar-15-en-8-ol
Other name(s): TPS2
Systematic name: (+)-copalyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, nezukol-forming)
Comments: Isolated from the plant Isodon rubescens.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Pelot, K.A., Hagelthorn, D.M., Addison, J.B. and Zerbe, P. Biosynthesis of the oxygenated diterpene nezukol in the medicinal plant Isodon rubescens is catalyzed by a pair of diterpene synthases. PLoS One 12:e0176507 (2017). [DOI] [PMID: 28445526]
[EC 4.2.3.183 created 2017]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.91     Relevance: 21.3%
Accepted name: all-trans-decaprenyl-diphosphate synthase
Reaction: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + 7 isopentenyl diphosphate = 7 diphosphate + all-trans-decaprenyl diphosphate
For diagram of terpenoid biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): decaprenyl-diphosphate synthase; decaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase; polyprenylpyrophosphate synthetase; terpenoidallyltransferase; terpenyl pyrophosphate synthetase; trans-prenyltransferase
Systematic name: (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate farnesyltranstransferase (adding 7 isopentenyl units)
Comments: This enzyme catalyses the condensation reactions resulting in the formation of all-trans-decaprenyl diphosphate, the isoprenoid side chain of ubiquinone-10 and menaquinone-10. The enzyme adds seven isopentenyl diphosphate molecules sequentially to farnesyl diphosphate with trans stereochemistry.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Saiki, R., Nagata, A., Kainou, T., Matsuda, H. and Kawamukai, M. Characterization of solanesyl and decaprenyl diphosphate synthases in mice and humans. FEBS J. 272 (2005) 5606–5622. [DOI] [PMID: 16262699]
[EC 2.5.1.91 created 2010]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.138     Relevance: 21.3%
Accepted name: coumarin 8-geranyltransferase
Reaction: (1) geranyl diphosphate + umbelliferone = diphosphate + 8-geranylumbelliferone
(2) geranyl diphosphate + esculetin = diphosphate + 8-geranylesculetin
Glossary: geranyl diphosphate = (2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-yl diphosphate
esculetin = 6,7-dihydroxy-1-benzopyran-2-one = 6,7-dihydroxycoumarin
umbelliferone = 7-hydroxy-1-benzopyran-2-one = 7-hydroxycoumarin
Other name(s): ClPT1
Systematic name: geranyl-diphosphate:umbelliferone 8-geranyltransferase
Comments: The enzyme, characterized from the plant Citrus limon, is specific for geranyl diphosphate as a prenyl donor. It also has low activity with the coumarins 5,7-dihydroxycoumarin and 5-methoxy-7-hydroxycoumarin.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Munakata, R., Inoue, T., Koeduka, T., Karamat, F., Olry, A., Sugiyama, A., Takanashi, K., Dugrand, A., Froelicher, Y., Tanaka, R., Uto, Y., Hori, H., Azuma, J., Hehn, A., Bourgaud, F. and Yazaki, K. Molecular cloning and characterization of a geranyl diphosphate-specific aromatic prenyltransferase from lemon. Plant Physiol. 166 (2014) 80–90. [DOI] [PMID: 25077796]
[EC 2.5.1.138 created 2017]
 
 
EC 5.5.1.16     Relevance: 21.2%
Accepted name: halimadienyl-diphosphate synthase
Reaction: geranylgeranyl diphosphate = tuberculosinyl diphosphate
For diagram of diterpenoid biosynthesis, click here
Glossary: tuberculosinyl diphosphate = halima-5,13-dien-15-yl diphosphate
Other name(s): Rv3377c; halimadienyl diphosphate synthase; tuberculosinol diphosphate synthase; halima-5(6),13-dien-15-yl-diphosphate lyase (cyclizing); halima-5,13-dien-15-yl-diphosphate lyase (decyclizing)
Systematic name: halima-5,13-dien-15-yl-diphosphate lyase (ring-opening)
Comments: Requires Mg2+ for activity. This enzyme is found in pathogenic prokaryotes such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis but not in non-pathogens such as Mycobacterium smegmatis so may play a role in pathogenicity. The product of the reaction is subsequently dephosphorylated yielding tuberculosinol (halima-5,13-dien-15-ol).
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Nakano, C., Okamura, T., Sato, T., Dairi, T. and Hoshino, T. Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv3377c encodes the diterpene cyclase for producing the halimane skeleton. Chem. Commun. (Camb.) (2005) 1016–1018. [DOI] [PMID: 15719101]
[EC 5.5.1.16 created 2008, modified 2012]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.30     Relevance: 21.2%
Accepted name: heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase
Reaction: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + 4 isopentenyl diphosphate = 4 diphosphate + all-trans-heptaprenyl diphosphate
For diagram of terpenoid biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): all-trans-heptaprenyl-diphosphate synthase; heptaprenyl pyrophosphate synthase; heptaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase; HepPP synthase; HepPS; heptaprenylpyrophosphate synthetase
Systematic name: (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate farnesyltranstransferase (adding 4 isopentenyl units)
Comments: This enzyme catalyses the condensation reactions resulting in the formation of all-trans-heptaprenyl diphosphate, the isoprenoid side chain of ubiquinone-7 and menaquinone-7. The enzyme adds four isopentenyl diphosphate molecules sequentially to farnesyl diphosphate with trans stereochemistry.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 74506-59-5
References:
1.  Takahashi, I., Ogura, K. and Seto, S. Heptaprenyl pyrophosphate synthetase from Bacillus subtilis. J. Biol. Chem. 255 (1980) 4539–4543. [PMID: 6768722]
2.  Zhang, Y.W., Koyama, T., Marecak, D.M., Prestwich, G.D., Maki, Y. and Ogura, K. Two subunits of heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase of Bacillus subtilis form a catalytically active complex. Biochemistry 37 (1998) 13411–13420. [DOI] [PMID: 9748348]
3.  Zhang, Y.W., Li, X.Y., Sugawara, H. and Koyama, T. Site-directed mutagenesis of the conserved residues in component I of Bacillus subtilis heptaprenyl diphosphate synthase. Biochemistry 38 (1999) 14638–14643. [DOI] [PMID: 10545188]
4.  Suzuki, T., Zhang, Y.W., Koyama, T., Sasaki, D.Y. and Kurihara, K. Direct observation of substrate-enzyme complexation by surface forces measurement. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128 (2006) 15209–15214. [DOI] [PMID: 17117872]
[EC 2.5.1.30 created 1984, modified 2010]
 
 
EC 2.5.1.86     Relevance: 21.2%
Accepted name: trans,polycis-decaprenyl diphosphate synthase
Reaction: (2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + 7 isopentenyl diphosphate = 7 diphosphate + trans,octacis-decaprenyl diphosphate
For diagram of trans,polycis-polyprenol diphosphate biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): Rv2361c; (2Z,6Z,10Z,14Z,18Z,22Z,26Z,30Z,34E)-decaprenyl diphosphate synthase
Systematic name: (2Z,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate:isopentenyl-diphosphate farnesylcistransferase (adding 7 isopentenyl units)
Comments: The enzyme is involved in the biosynthesis of decaprenyl phosphate, which plays a central role in the biosynthesis of essential mycobacterial cell wall components, such as the mycolyl-arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex and lipoarabinomannan [2].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Kaur, D., Brennan, P.J. and Crick, D.C. Decaprenyl diphosphate synthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J. Bacteriol. 186 (2004) 7564–7570. [DOI] [PMID: 15516568]
2.  Wang, W., Dong, C., McNeil, M., Kaur, D., Mahapatra, S., Crick, D.C. and Naismith, J.H. The structural basis of chain length control in Rv1086. J. Mol. Biol. 381 (2008) 129–140. [DOI] [PMID: 18597781]
3.  Crick, D.C., Schulbach, M.C., Zink, E.E., Macchia, M., Barontini, S., Besra, G.S. and Brennan, P.J. Polyprenyl phosphate biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis. J. Bacteriol. 182 (2000) 5771–5778. [DOI] [PMID: 11004176]
[EC 2.5.1.86 created 2010]
 
 


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