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(−)-sabinene synthase

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(−)-sabinene synthase
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EC no.4.2.3.109
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(−)-Sabinene synthase (EC 4.2.3.109) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [cyclizing, (−)-sabinene-forming].[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

geranyl diphosphate (−)-sabinene + diphosphate

This enzyme requires Mg2+.

References

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  1. ^ Savage TJ, Hatch MW, Croteau R (February 1994). "Monoterpene synthases of Pinus contorta and related conifers. A new class of terpenoid cyclase". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269 (6): 4012–20. PMID 8307957.
  2. ^ Peters RJ, Croteau RB (September 2003). "Alternative termination chemistries utilized by monoterpene cyclases: chimeric analysis of bornyl diphosphate, 1,8-cineole, and sabinene synthases". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 417 (2): 203–11. doi:10.1016/s0003-9861(03)00347-3. PMID 12941302.
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