α-Copaene synthase (EC 4.2.3.133) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, α-copaene-forming).[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
| α-copaene synthase | |||||||||
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| EC no. | 4.2.3.133 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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- (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate (–)-α-copaene + diphosphate
This enzyme is isolated from Helianthus annuus (sunflower).
- ^ Göpfert JC, Macnevin G, Ro DK, Spring O (July 2009). “Identification, functional characterization and developmental regulation of sesquiterpene synthases from sunflower capitate glandular trichomes”. BMC Plant Biology. 9: 86. doi:10.1186/1471-2229-9-86. PMC 2715020. PMID 19580670.
- ^ Xie X, Kirby J, Keasling JD (June 2012). “Functional characterization of four sesquiterpene synthases from Ricinus communis (castor bean)”. Phytochemistry. 78: 20–8. Bibcode:2012PChem..78…20X. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.02.022. PMID 22459969.
- Alpha-copaene+synthase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
