Entry
Name
Class
Lyases;
Carbon-oxygen lyases;
Acting on phosphates
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (myrcene-forming)
Reaction(IUBMB)
geranyl diphosphate = myrcene + diphosphate [RN:
R02009 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
geranyl diphosphate [CPD:
C00341 ]
Product
Comment
A recombinant enzyme (also known as a monoterpene synthase or cyclase) from the grand fir (Abies grandis) requires Mn2+ and K+ for activity. Mg2+ is essentially ineffective as the divalent metal ion cofactor.
History
EC 4.2.3.15 created 2000 as EC 4.1.99.9, transferred 2000 to EC 4.2.3.15
Pathway
ec01110 Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites
Orthology
K12467 myrcene/ocimene synthase
K21925 (-)-camphene/tricyclene/(4S)-limonene/myrcene synthase
Genes
ATH : AT2G24210(TPS10) AT3G25810
BNA : 106385578 106402047 106443840
RSZ : 108837661 108846403 108846672
SLY : 101245212(TPS3) 101249864
SPEN : 107012939 107012948
SSTN : 125861389 125861571
SMIL : 131005775 131026618 131026619
SHIS : 125185612 125185636 125193586 125197284 125200997 125204274 125208619 125218604 125219856 125220542 125224358
CJF : 131027736 131030273 131030284 131036390 131039800 131040614 131042617 131042631 131042632 131042634 131042635 131042678 131042692 131042757 131046574 131049606 131050055 131051798 131051812 131051813 131053066 131053802 131054885 131056546 131056704 131058258 131058925 131058926 131058927 131058928 131060558 131061200 131064577 131065313 131065363 131066127 131066129 131066130 131066145 131066146 131067592 131067684 131067686 131067688 131067689 131067913 131067914 131067929 131068917 131068918 131068927 131068928 131068932 131068933 131068962 131068963 131068964 131068965 131070110 131073180 131073183 131073184 131073222 131073234 131073236 131073238 131076545 131079059 131079061 131856196 131862178 131863424 131863425 131873601 131873643
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Taxonomy
Reference
Authors
Bohlmann J, Steele CL, Croteau R
Title
Monoterpene synthases from grand fir (Abies grandis). cDNA isolation, characterization, and functional expression of myrcene synthase, (-)-(4S)-limonene synthase, and (-)-(1S,5S)-pinene synthase.
Journal
Sequence
Other DBs
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: 4.2.3.15
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 4.2.3.15
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