(+)-Cubenene synthase (EC 4.2.3.63) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((+)-cubenene-forming).[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate (+)-cubenene + diphosphate
This enzyme requires presence of Mg2+.
References
- ^ Nabeta K, Kigure K, Fujita M, Nagoya T, Ishikawa T, Okuyama H, Takasawa T (1995). "Bioynthesis of (+)-cubenene and (+)-epicubenol by cell-free extracts of cultured cells of Heteroscyphus planus and cyclization of [2H]farnesyl diphosphates". J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 (15): 1935–1939. doi:10.1039/P19950001935.
- ^ Nabeta K, Fujita M, Komuro K, Katayama K, Takasawa T (1997). "In vitro biosynthesis of cadinanes by cell-free extracts of cultured cells of Heteroscyphus planus". J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 (14): 2065–2070. doi:10.1039/A701145H.
External links
- (+)-cubenene+synthase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
