Entry
Name
Class
Lyases;
Carbon-oxygen lyases;
Acting on phosphates
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, tau-cadinol-forming)
Reaction(IUBMB)
(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + H2O = tau-cadinol + diphosphate [RN:
R11838 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
Product
Comment
Isolated from the plant Inula hupehensis. The enzyme also gives 10-epi-juneol and traces of other terpenoids, see EC
4.2.3.172 , 10-epi-juneol synthase. It has also been isolated from the plants maize (Zea mays) and lavender (Lavandula angustifolia).
History
EC 4.2.3.173 created 2017
Reference
Authors
Gou JB, Li ZQ, Li CF, Chen FF, Lv SY, Zhang YS
Title
Molecular cloning and functional analysis of a 10-epi-junenol synthase from Inula hupehensis.
Journal
Sequence
Reference
Authors
Jullien F, Moja S, Bony A, Legrand S, Petit C, Benabdelkader T, Poirot K, Fiorucci S, Guitton Y, Nicole F, Baudino S, Magnard JL
Title
Isolation and functional characterization of a tau-cadinol synthase, a new sesquiterpene synthase from Lavandula angustifolia.
Journal
Sequence
Reference
Authors
Ren F, Mao H, Liang J, Liu J, Shu K, Wang Q
Title
Functional characterization of ZmTPS7 reveals a maize tau-cadinol synthase involved in stress response.
Journal
Sequence
Other DBs
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 4.2.3.173
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