| Shionone synthase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 5.4.99.46 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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Shionone synthase (EC 5.4.99.46) is an enzyme with systematic name (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene mutase (cyclizing, shionone-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene shionone
The enzyme gives traces of four other triterpenoids
References[edit]
- ^ Sawai S, Uchiyama H, Mizuno S, Aoki T, Akashi T, Ayabe S, Takahashi T (April 2011). "Molecular characterization of an oxidosqualene cyclase that yields shionone, a unique tetracyclic triterpene ketone of Aster tataricus". FEBS Letters. 585 (7): 1031–6. doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2011.02.037. PMID 21377465.
External links[edit]
- Shionone+synthase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
