Biology:Geranyl diphosphate diphosphatase

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Geranyl diphosphate diphosphatase (EC 3.1.7.11, geraniol synthase', geranyl pyrophosphate pyrophosphatase) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphohydrolase.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

geranyl diphosphate + H2O [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] geraniol + diphosphate

This enzyme is isolated from Ocimum basilicum (basil) and Cinnamomum tenuipile (camphor tree).

References

  1. "Characterization of geraniol synthase from the peltate glands of sweet basil". Plant Physiology 134 (1): 370–9. January 2004. doi:10.1104/pp.103.032946. PMID 14657409. 
  2. "A geraniol-synthase gene from Cinnamomum tenuipilum". Phytochemistry 66 (3): 285–93. February 2005. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2004.12.004. PMID 15680985. 

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