Tetrahymanol synthase

Tetrahymanol synthase
Identifiers
EC number 4.2.1.123
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Tetrahymanol synthase (EC 4.2.1.123, squalenea€”tetrahymanol cyclase) is an enzyme with systematic name squalene hydro-lyase (tetrahymanol forming).[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

tetrahymanol \rightleftharpoons squalene + H2O

The reaction occurs in the reverse direction.

References

  1. Saar, J., Kader, J.C., Poralla, K. and Ourisson, G. (1991). "Purification and some properties of the squalene-tetrahymanol cyclase from Tetrahymena thermophila". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1075: 93–101. doi:10.1016/0304-4165(91)90080-z. PMID 1892870.
  2. Giner, J.L., Rocchetti, S., Neunlist, S., Rohmer, M. and Arigoni, D. (2005). "Detection of 1,2-hydride shifts in the formation of euph-7-ene by the squalene-tetrahymanol cyclase of Tetrahymena pyriformis". Chem. Commun. (Camb.): 3089–3091. doi:10.1039/b504300j. PMID 15959594.

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