Alpha-longipinene synthase

Alpha-longipinene synthase
Identifiers
EC number 4.2.3.80
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Alpha-longipinene synthase (EC 4.2.3.80) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (alpha-longipinene-forming).[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate \rightleftharpoons alpha-longipinene + diphosphate

The enzyme from Norway spruce produces longifolene as the main product.

References

  1. Martin, D.M., Faldt, J. and Bohlmann, J. (2004). "Functional characterization of nine Norway Spruce TPS genes and evolution of gymnosperm terpene synthases of the TPS-d subfamily". Plant Physiol. 135: 1908–1927. doi:10.1104/pp.104.042028. PMID 15310829.
  2. Köpke, D., Schröder, R., Fischer, H.M., Gershenzon, J., Hilker, M. and Schmidt, A. (2008). "Does egg deposition by herbivorous pine sawflies affect transcription of sesquiterpene synthases in pine?". Planta 228: 427–438. doi:10.1007/s00425-008-0747-8. PMID 18493792.

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