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EC 4.2.3.68     
Accepted name: β-eudesmol synthase
Reaction: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + H2O = β-eudesmol + diphosphate
For diagram of eudesmol and selinene biosynthesis, click here and for diagram of eudesmol biosynthesis, click here
Systematic name: (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (β-eudesmol-forming)
Comments: The recombinant enzyme from ginger (Zingiber zerumbet) gives 62.6% β-eudesmol, 16.8% 10-epi-γ-eudesmol (cf. EC 4.2.3.84, 10-epi-γ-eudesmol synthase), 10% α-eudesmol (cf. EC 4.2.3.85, α-eudesmol synthase), and 5.6% aristolene.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc
References:
1.  Yu, F., Harada, H., Yamasaki, K., Okamoto, S., Hirase, S., Tanaka, Y., Misawa, N. and Utsumi, R. Isolation and functional characterization of a β-eudesmol synthase, a new sesquiterpene synthase from Zingiber zerumbet Smith. FEBS Lett. 582 (2008) 565–572. [DOI] [PMID: 18242187]
[EC 4.2.3.68 created 2011, modified 2011, modified 2012]
 
 


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