IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 4.2.3.176

Accepted name: sesterfisherol synthase

Reaction: (2E,6E,10E,14E)-geranylfarnesyl diphosphate + H2O = sesterfisherol + diphosphate

For diagram of reaction click here Glossary: sesterfisherol = (3R,3aS,6S,6aR,7aR,10R,10aS,11aR)-3,6,7a,12-tetramethyl-10-(propan-2-yl)-2,3,3a,4,5,6,6a,7,7a,8,9,10,10a,11-tetradecahydrocyclopenta[4,5]cycloocta[f]inden-11a(1H)-ol

Other name(s): NfSS

Systematic name: (2E,6E,10E,14E)-geranylfarnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, sesterfisherol-forming)

Comments: Isolated from the fungus Neosartorya fischeri.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number:

References:

1. Ye, Y., Minami, A., Mandi, A., Liu, C., Taniguchi, T., Kuzuyama, T., Monde, K., Gomi, K. and Oikawa, H. Genome mining for sesterterpenes using bifunctional terpene synthases reveals a unified intermediate of di/sesterterpenes. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137 (2015) 11846-11853. [PMID: 26332841]

[EC 4.2.3.176 created 2017]


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