Delta-amyrin synthase

δ-Amyrin synthase (EC 5.4.99.55, SlTTS2 (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene mutase (cyclizing, delta-amyrin-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene delta-amyrin
δ-Amyrin synthase
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EC no.5.4.99.55
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The enzyme from tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) gives delta-amyrin, alpha-amyrin, beta-amyrin.

References

  1. Wang Z, Guhling O, Yao R, Li F, Yeats TH, Rose JK, Jetter R (January 2011). "Two oxidosqualene cyclases responsible for biosynthesis of tomato fruit cuticular triterpenoids". Plant Physiology. 155 (1): 540–52. doi:10.1104/pp.110.162883. PMC 3075788. PMID 21059824.


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