EC |
4.2.3.122 |
Accepted name: |
(+)-β-pinene synthase |
Reaction: |
geranyl diphosphate = (+)-β-pinene + diphosphate |
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For diagram of pinene and related monoterpenoids, click here |
Glossary: |
(+)-β-pinene = (1R,5R)-6,6-dimethyl-2-methylenebicyclo[3.1.1]hept-2-ene |
Other name(s): |
(+)-pinene cyclase; cyclase III |
Systematic name: |
geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [(+)-β-pinene-forming] |
Comments: |
Cyclase III from Salvia officinalis (sage) gives roughly equal parts of (+)-β-pinene and (+)-α-pinene. See EC 4.2.3.121, (+)-α-pinene synthase. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc |
References: |
1. |
Wagschal, K.C., Pyun, H.J., Coates, R.M. and Croteau, R. Monoterpene biosynthesis: isotope effects associated with bicyclic olefin formation catalyzed by pinene synthases from sage (Salvia officinalis). Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 308 (1994) 477–487. [DOI] [PMID: 8109978] |
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Pyun, H.J., Wagschal, K.C., Jung, D.I., Coates, R.M. and Croteau, R. Stereochemistry of the proton elimination in the formation of (+)- and (-)-α-pinene by monoterpene cyclases from sage (Salvia officinalis). Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 308 (1994) 488–496. [DOI] [PMID: 8109979] |
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[EC 4.2.3.122 created 2012] |
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