Entry
Name
(+)-alpha-barbatene synthase;
AtBS
Class
Lyases;
Carbon-oxygen lyases;
Acting on phosphates
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [(+)-alpha-barbatene-forming]
Reaction(IUBMB)
(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate = (+)-alpha-barbatene + diphosphate [RN:
R09614 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate [CPD:
C00448 ]
Product
Comment
The recombinant enzyme from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana produces 27.3% alpha-barbatene, 17.8% thujopsene (cf. EC
4.2.3.79 , thujopsene synthase) and 9.9% beta-chamigrene (cf. EC
4.2.3.78 , beta-chamigrene synthase) [1] plus traces of other sesquiterpenoids [2].
History
EC 4.2.3.69 created 2011, modified 2012
Pathway
ec00909 Sesquiterpenoid and triterpenoid biosynthesis
Orthology
K15799 (+)-alpha-barbatene/beta-chamigrene/thujopsene synthase
Genes
CRB : 17875170 17875197 17876640
EUS : EUTSA_v10001108mg EUTSA_v10001148mg EUTSA_v10001228mg
BRP : 103845828 103848456 103863851
RSZ : 108809961 108835137 108851518
Taxonomy
Reference
Authors
Wu S, Schoenbeck MA, Greenhagen BT, Takahashi S, Lee S, Coates RM, Chappell J
Title
Surrogate splicing for functional analysis of sesquiterpene synthase genes.
Journal
Sequence
Reference
Authors
Tholl D, Chen F, Petri J, Gershenzon J, Pichersky E
Title
Two sesquiterpene synthases are responsible for the complex mixture of sesquiterpenes emitted from Arabidopsis flowers.
Journal
Sequence
Other DBs
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: 4.2.3.69
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 4.2.3.69