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EC 4.2.3.66     
Accepted name: β-selinene cyclase
Reaction: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate = β-selinene + diphosphate
For diagram of eudesmol and selinene biosynthesis, click here
Systematic name: (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (β-selinene-forming)
Comments: Initial cyclization gives (+)-germacrene A in an enzyme bound form which is not released to the medium.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Belingher, L., Cartayrade, A., Pauly, G. and Gleizes, M. Partial purification and properties of the sesquiterpene β-selinene cyclase from Citrofortunella mitis. Plant Sci. 84 (1992) 129–136.
[EC 4.2.3.66 created 2011]
 
 
EC 4.2.3.198     
Accepted name: α-selinene synthase
Reaction: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate = α-selinene + diphosphate
For diagram of eudesmol and selinene biosynthesis, click here
Glossary: α-selinene = (2R,4aR,8aS)-4,8a-dimethyl-2-(prop-1-en-2-yl)-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,8a-octahydronaphthalene
β-selinene = (4aR,7R,8aS)-4a-methyl-1-methylidene-7-(prop-1-en-2-yl)decahydronaphthalene
aromadendrene = (1aR,4aR,7R,7aR,7bS)-1,1,7-trimethyl-4-methylidenedecahydro-1H-cyclopropa[e]azulene
Other name(s): LfTPS2 (gene name)
Systematic name: (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, α-selinene-forming)
Comments: The enzyme from the plant Ocimum basilicum (sweet basil) also produces β-selinene while that from Liquidambar formosana (Formosan sweet gum) also produces traces of aromadendrene.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Iijima, Y., Davidovich-Rikanati, R., Fridman, E., Gang, D.R., Bar, E., Lewinsohn, E. and Pichersky, E. The biochemical and molecular basis for the divergent patterns in the biosynthesis of terpenes and phenylpropenes in the peltate glands of three cultivars of basil. Plant Physiol. 136 (2004) 3724–3736. [DOI] [PMID: 15516500]
2.  Chuang, L., Wen, C.H., Lee, Y.R., Lin, Y.L., Hsu, L.R., Wang, S.Y. and Chu, F.H. Identification, functional characterization, and seasonal expression patterns of five sesquiterpene synthases in Liquidambar formosana. J Nat Prod 81 (2018) 1162–1172. [PMID: 29746128]
[EC 4.2.3.198 created 2018]
 
 


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