isoprene synthase

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| Name = Isoprene synthase

| EC_number = 4.2.3.27

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The enzyme isoprene synthase (EC 4.2.3.27) catalyzes the chemical reaction

: prenyl pyrophosphate $\rightleftharpoons$ isoprene + diphosphate

This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically those carbon-oxygen lyases acting on phosphates. The systematic name of this enzyme class is prenyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (isoprene-forming). Other names in common use include ISPC, and ISPS.

References

{{cite journal |vauthors=Silver GM, Fall R | date = 1991 | title = Enzymatic Synthesis of Isoprene from Dimethylallyl Diphosphate in Aspen Leaf Extracts | journal = Plant Physiology| volume = 97 | pages = 1588–1591 | pmid = 16668590 | doi = 10.1104/pp.97.4.1588 | issue = 4 | pmc = 1081206 }}
{{cite journal |vauthors=Silver GM, Fall R | date = 1995 | title = Characterization of aspen isoprene synthase, an enzyme responsible for leaf isoprene emission to the atmosphere | journal = Journal of Biological Chemistry| volume = 270 | pages = 13010–6 | pmid = 7768893 | doi = 10.1074/jbc.270.22.13010 | issue = 22 | doi-access = free }}
{{cite journal |vauthors=Wildermuth MC, Fall R | date = 1996 | title = Light-Dependent Isoprene Emission (Characterization of a Thylakoid-Bound Isoprene Synthase in Salix discolor Chloroplasts) | journal = Plant Physiology| volume = 112 | pages = 171–182 | pmid = 12226383 | issue = 1 | pmc = 157936 | doi = 10.1104/pp.112.1.171 }}
{{cite journal |vauthors=Schnitzler JP, Arenz R, Steinbrecher R, Lehming A | date = 1996 | title = Characterization of an Isoprene Synthase from Leaves of Quercus petraea (Mattuschka) Liebl. | journal = Botanica Acta| volume = 109 | issue = 3 | pages = 216–221 | doi=10.1111/j.1438-8677.1996.tb00566.x}}
{{cite journal |vauthors=Miller B, Oschinski C, Zimmer W | date = 2001 | title = First isolation of an isoprene synthase gene from poplar and successful expression of the gene in Escherichia coli | journal = Planta| volume = 213 | pages = 483–7 | pmid = 11506373 | doi = 10.1007/s004250100557 | issue = 3 | s2cid = 35340315 }}
{{cite journal |vauthors=Sivy TL, Shirk MC, Fall R | date = 2002 | title = Isoprene synthase activity parallels fluctuations of isoprene release during growth of Bacillus subtilis | journal = Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications| volume = 294 | pages = 71–5 | pmid = 12054742 | doi = 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00435-7 | issue = 1 }}
{{cite journal |vauthors=Sasaki K, Ohara K, Yazaki K | date = 2005 | title = Gene expression and characterization of isoprene synthase from Populus alba | journal = FEBS Letters| volume = 579 | pages = 2514–8 | pmid = 15848197 | doi = 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.03.066 | issue = 11 | doi-access = free }}
{{cite journal |vauthors=Schnitzler JP, Zimmer I, Bachl A, Arend M, Fromm J, Fischbach RJ | date = 2005 | title = Biochemical properties of isoprene synthase in poplar (Populus x canescens) | journal = Planta| volume = 222 | pages = 777–86 | pmid = 16052321 | doi = 10.1007/s00425-005-0022-1 | issue = 5 | s2cid = 29955976 }}
{{cite journal |vauthors=Vickers CE, Possell M, Cojocariu C, Velikova V, Laothawornkitkul J, Ryan A, Mullineaux PM, Hewitt CN | date = 2009 | title = Isoprene synthesis protects transgenic tobacco plants from oxidative stress | journal = Plant, Cell & Environment| volume = 32 | pages = 520–31 | pmid = 19183288 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.01946.x | issue = 5 | doi-access = }}
{{cite journal |vauthors=Vickers CE, Possell M, Hewitt CN, Mullineaux P | date = 2010 | title = Genetic structure and regulation of isoprene synthase in Poplar (Populus spp.) | journal = Plant Molecular Biology| volume = 73 | pages = 547–58 | pmid = 20467886 | doi = 10.1007/s11103-010-9642-3 | issue = 4–5 | s2cid = 22907306 }}
{{cite journal |vauthors=Vickers CE, Possell M, Laothawornkitkul J, Ryan AC, Hewitt CN, Mullineaux P | date = 2011 | title = Isoprene synthesis in plants – lessons from a transgenic tobacco model | journal = Plant, Cell & Environment| volume = 34 | pages = 1043–53 | pmid = 21388420 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02303.x | issue = 6 | doi-access = free }}

Category:EC 4.2.3

Category:Enzymes of unknown structure