Entry
Name
(+)-beta-pinene synthase;
(+)-pinene cyclase;
cyclase III
Class
Lyases;
Carbon-oxygen lyases;
Acting on phosphates
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [(+)-beta-pinene-forming]
Reaction(IUBMB)
geranyl diphosphate = (+)-beta-pinene + diphosphate [RN:
R09975 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
geranyl diphosphate [CPD:
C00341 ]
Product
Comment
Cyclase III from Salvia officinalis (sage) gives roughly equal parts of (+)-beta-pinene and (+)-alpha-pinene. See EC
4.2.3.121 , (+)-alpha-pinene synthase.
History
EC 4.2.3.122 created 2012
Reference
Authors
Wagschal KC, Pyun HJ, Coates RM, Croteau R.
Title
Monoterpene biosynthesis: isotope effects associated with bicyclic olefin formation catalyzed by pinene synthases from sage (Salvia officinalis).
Journal
Reference
Authors
Pyun HJ, Wagschal KC, Jung DI, Coates RM, Croteau R
Title
Stereochemistry of the proton elimination in the formation of (+)- and (-)-alpha-pinene by monoterpene cyclases from sage (Salvia officinalis).
Journal
Other DBs
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 4.2.3.122