Reaction: (13E)-8α-hydroxylabd-13-en-15-yl diphosphate = manoyl oxide + diphosphate
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Glossary: (13E)-8α-hydroxylabd-13-en-15-yl diphosphate = 8-hydroxycopalyl diphosphate
manoyl oxide = (13R)-8,13-epoxylabd-14-ene
Other name(s): GrTPS6; CfTPS3; CfTPS4; MvELS
Systematic name: (13E)-8α-hydroxylabd-13-en-15-yl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (manoyl-oxide-forming)
Comments: Manoyl oxide is found in many plants. This enzyme has been isolated from the plants, Grindelia hirsutula (gum weed), Plectranthus barbatus (forskohlii) and Marrubium vulgare (white horehound).
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References:
1. Zerbe, P., Hamberger, B., Yuen, M.M., Chiang, A., Sandhu, H.K., Madilao, L.L., Nguyen, A., Hamberger, B., Bach, S.S. and Bohlmann, J. Gene discovery of modular diterpene metabolism in nonmodel systems. Plant Physiol. 162 (2013) 1073-1091. [PMID: 23613273]
2. Pateraki, I., Andersen-Ranberg, J., Hamberger, B., Heskes, A.M., Martens, H.J., Zerbe, P., Bach, S.S., Moller, B.L., Bohlmann, J. and Hamberger, B. Manoyl oxide (13R), the biosynthetic precursor of forskolin, is synthesized in specialized root cork cells in Coleus forskohlii. Plant Physiol. 164 (2014) 1222-1236. [PMID: 24481136]
3. Zerbe, P., Chiang, A., Dullat, H., O'Neil-Johnson, M., Starks, C., Hamberger, B. and Bohlmann, J. Diterpene synthases of the biosynthetic system of medicinally active diterpenoids in Marrubium vulgare. Plant J. 79 (2014) 914-927. [PMID: 24990389]