Alpha-humulene synthase

Alpha-humulene synthase (EC 4.2.3.104, ZSS1) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (alpha-humulene-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction:

(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate alpha-humulene + diphosphate
Alpha-humulene synthase
Identifiers
EC number4.2.3.104
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

The enzyme from Zingiber zerumbet, shampoo ginger, also gives traces of β-caryophyllene.

References

  1. Yu F, Okamto S, Nakasone K, Adachi K, Matsuda S, Harada H, Misawa N, Utsumi R (May 2008). "Molecular cloning and functional characterization of alpha-humulene synthase, a possible key enzyme of zerumbone biosynthesis in shampoo ginger (Zingiber zerumbet Smith)". Planta. 227 (6): 1291–9. doi:10.1007/s00425-008-0700-x. PMID 18273640.
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