Biology:Baruol synthase

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Baruol synthase
Identifiers
EC number5.4.99.57
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Baruol synthase (EC 5.4.99.57, BARS1) is an enzyme with systematic name (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene mutase (cyclizing, baruol-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] baruol

The enzyme from Arabidopsis thaliana also produces traces of 22 other triterpenoids.

References

  1. "An oxidosqualene cyclase makes numerous products by diverse mechanisms: a challenge to prevailing concepts of triterpene biosynthesis". Journal of the American Chemical Society 129 (36): 11213–22. September 2007. doi:10.1021/ja073133u. PMID 17705488. 

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