pinene synthase
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| Name = pinene synthase
| EC_number = 4.2.3.14
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| GO_code = 0050550
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In enzymology, a pinene synthase ({{EC number|4.2.3.14}}) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
:geranyl diphosphate pinene + diphosphate
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, geranyl diphosphate, and two products, pinene and 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 geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, pinene-forming). Other names in common use include beta-geraniolene synthase, (−)-(1S,5S)-pinene synthase, and geranyldiphosphate diphosphate lyase (pinene forming). This enzyme participates in monoterpenoid biosynthesis.
References
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- {{cite journal | vauthors = Bohlmann J, Steele CL, Croteau R | date = 1997 | title = Monoterpene synthases from grand fir (Abies grandis). cDNA isolation, characterization, and functional expression of myrcene synthase, (−)-(4S)-limonene synthase, and (−)-(1S,5S)-pinene synthase | journal = J. Biol. Chem. | volume = 272 | pages = 21784–21792 | pmid = 9268308 | doi = 10.1074/jbc.272.35.21784 | issue = 35 | doi-access = free }}
- {{cite journal | vauthors = Gijzen M, Lewinsohn E, Croteau R | date = 1991 | title = Characterization of the constitutive and wound-inducible monoterpene cyclases of grand fir (Abies grandis) | journal = Arch. Biochem. Biophys. | volume = 289 | pages = 267–273 | pmid = 1898071 | doi = 10.1016/0003-9861(91)90471-T | issue = 2 }}
- {{cite journal | vauthors = Wagschal KC, Pyun HJ, Coates RM, Croteau R | date = 1994 | title = Monoterpene biosynthesis: isotope effects associated with bicyclic olefin formation catalyzed by pinene synthases from sage (Salvia officinalis) | journal = Arch. Biochem. Biophys. | volume = 308 | pages = 477–487 | pmid = 8109978 | doi = 10.1006/abbi.1994.1068 | issue = 2 }}
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