EC |
4.2.3.142 |
Accepted name: |
7-epizingiberene synthase [(2Z,6Z)-farnesyl diphosphate cyclizing] |
Reaction: |
(2Z,6Z)-farnesyl diphosphate = 7-epizingiberene + diphosphate |
Glossary: |
7-epizingiberene = (5R)-2-methyl-5-[(2R)-6-methylhept-5-en-2-yl]cyclohexa-1,3-diene |
Other name(s): |
ShZIS (gene name) |
Systematic name: |
(2Z,6Z)-farnesyl-diphosphate lyase (cyclizing; 7-epizingiberene-forming) |
Comments: |
Isolated from the plant Solanum habrochaites. 7-Epizingiberene is a whitefly repellant. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc |
References: |
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Bleeker, P.M., Mirabella, R., Diergaarde, P.J., Vandoorn, A., Tissier, A., Kant, M.R., Prins, M., de Vos, M., Haring, M.A. and Schuurink, R.C. Improved herbivore resistance in cultivated tomato with the sesquiterpene biosynthetic pathway from a wild relative. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109 (2012) 20124–20129. [DOI] [PMID: 23169639] |
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[EC 4.2.3.142 created 2013] |
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