Sporulenol synthase (EC 4.2.1.137, sqhC (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name tetraprenyl-β-curcumene—sporulenol cyclase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

sporulenol tetraprenyl-β-curcumene + H2O

The reaction occurs in the reverse direction.

References

  1. ^ Sato T, Yoshida S, Hoshino H, Tanno M, Nakajima M, Hoshino T (June 2011). "Sesquarterpenes (C35 terpenes) biosynthesized via the cyclization of a linear C35 isoprenoid by a tetraprenyl-β-curcumene synthase and a tetraprenyl-β-curcumene cyclase: identification of a new terpene cyclase". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133 (25): 9734–7. doi:10.1021/ja203779h. PMID 21627333.
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