KEGG   ENZYME: 4.2.3.142
Entry
EC 4.2.3.142                Enzyme                                 
Name
7-epizingiberene synthase [(2Z,6Z)-farnesyl diphosphate cyclizing];
ShZIS (gene name)
Class
Lyases;
Carbon-oxygen lyases;
Acting on phosphates
Sysname
(2Z,6Z)-farnesyl-diphosphate lyase (cyclizing; 7-epizingiberene-forming)
Reaction(IUBMB)
(2Z,6Z)-farnesyl diphosphate = 7-epizingiberene + diphosphate [RN:R10284]
Reaction(KEGG)
R10284
Substrate
(2Z,6Z)-farnesyl diphosphate [CPD:C19760]
Product
7-epizingiberene [CPD:C20486];
diphosphate [CPD:C00013]
Comment
Isolated from the plant Solanum habrochaites. 7-Epizingiberene is a whitefly repellant.
History
EC 4.2.3.142 created 2013
Reference
1  [PMID:23169639]
  Authors
Bleeker PM, Mirabella R, Diergaarde PJ, VanDoorn A, Tissier A, Kant MR, Prins M, de Vos M, Haring MA, Schuurink RC
  Title
Improved herbivore resistance in cultivated tomato with the sesquiterpene biosynthetic pathway from a wild relative.
  Journal
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109:20124-9 (2012)
DOI:10.1073/pnas.1208756109
Other DBs
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: 4.2.3.142
IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature: 4.2.3.142
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 4.2.3.142
BRENDA, the Enzyme Database: 4.2.3.142

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