(-)-germacrene D synthase

(–)-Germacrene D synthase (EC 4.2.3.75) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((–)-germacrene-D-forming).[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate (–)-germacrene D + diphosphate
(–)-germacrene D synthase
Identifiers
EC no.4.2.3.75
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
Search
PMCarticles
PubMedarticles
NCBIproteins

In Solidago canadensis the biosynthesis results in the pro-R hydrogen at C-1 of the farnesyl diphosphate ending up at C-11 of the (–)-germacrene D .

References

  1. Schmidt CO, Bouwmeester HJ, Franke S, König WA (1999). "Mechanisms of the biosynthesis of sesquiterpene enantiomers (+)- and (–)-germacrene D in Solidago canadensis". Chirality. 11 (5–6): 353–362. doi:10.1002/(sici)1520-636x(1999)11:5/6<353::aid-chir2>3.0.co;2-l.
  2. He X, Cane DE (March 2004). "Mechanism and stereochemistry of the germacradienol/germacrene D synthase of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 126 (9): 2678–9. doi:10.1021/ja039929k. PMID 14995166.
  3. Lücker J, Bowen P, Bohlmann J (October 2004). "Vitis vinifera terpenoid cyclases: functional identification of two sesquiterpene synthase cDNAs encoding (+)-valencene synthase and (-)-germacrene D synthase and expression of mono- and sesquiterpene synthases in grapevine flowers and berries". Phytochemistry. 65 (19): 2649–59. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2004.08.017. PMID 15464152.
  4. Prosser I, Altug IG, Phillips AL, König WA, Bouwmeester HJ, Beale MH (December 2004). "Enantiospecific (+)- and (-)-germacrene D synthases, cloned from goldenrod, reveal a functionally active variant of the universal isoprenoid-biosynthesis aspartate-rich motif". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 432 (2): 136–44. doi:10.1016/j.abb.2004.06.030. PMID 15542052.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.