EC |
5.4.99.51 |
Accepted name: |
baccharis oxide synthase |
Reaction: |
(3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene = baccharis oxide |
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For diagram of baccharis oxide, baruol and shionone biosynthesis, click here |
Systematic name: |
(3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene mutase (cyclizing, baccharis-oxide-forming) |
Comments: |
The enzyme from Stevia rebaudiana also gives traces of other triterpenoids. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc |
References: |
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Shibuya, M., Sagara, A., Saitoh, A., Kushiro, T. and Ebizuka, Y. Biosynthesis of baccharis oxide, a triterpene with a 3,10-oxide bridge in the A-ring. Org. Lett. 10 (2008) 5071–5074. [DOI] [PMID: 18850716] |
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[EC 5.4.99.51 created 2011] |
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