Entry
Name
beta-amyrin synthase;
2,3-oxidosqualene beta-amyrin cyclase;
AsbAS1;
BPY;
EtAS;
GgbAS1;
LjAMY1;
MtAMY1;
PNY;
BgbAS
Class
Isomerases;
Intramolecular transferases;
Transferring other groups
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
(3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene mutase (cyclizing, beta-amyrin-forming)
Reaction(IUBMB)
(3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene = beta-amyrin [RN:
R06469 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
(3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene [CPD:
C01054 ]
Product
Comment
Some organism possess a monofunctional beta-amyrin synthase [3,4,6-11], other have a multifunctional enzyme that also catalyses the synthesis of alpha-amyrin (EC
5.4.99.40 ) [5] or lupeol (EC
5.4.99.41 ) [6].
History
EC 5.4.99.39 created 2011
Pathway
ec00909 Sesquiterpenoid and triterpenoid biosynthesis
ec00999 Biosynthesis of various plant secondary metabolites
ec01110 Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites
Orthology
K20658 alpha/beta-amyrin synthase
K21928 delta/alpha/beta-amyrin synthase
Genes
ATH : AT1G78950(BAS) AT1G78960(LUP2)
EUS : EUTSA_v10018166mg EUTSA_v10022563mg
PVY : 116105746 116112829 116124705 116124714 116130196
MINC : 123194150 123204911 123209396 123212922 123213322 123213323 123214663 123214831 123214833 123214843 123214871 123214903 123217891 123217892
HSYR : 120131368 120133460 120210355 120210659
EGR : 104418125 104418208 104441322 104450707 104450708 104450711 104450715 104450716 104452267 104452268 104452270
RARG : 115728401 115730235 115730250 115752711 125313908
GMX : 100778398 100781065 100809670 100810544 547702(AMS1)
GSJ : 114386344 114406586 114406588 114417867 114424383
MTR : 11434381 25479596 25490441 25491157 25498009
TPRA : 123885848 123889233 123889758 123891201 123920397
CAM : 101507549 101509140 101514948
PSAT : 127076375 127076377 127107167 127107168
VVO : 131601057 131601059 131616260 131616262 131616263 131619883 131623342 131623344
LJA : 130745618 130745623 130745635
LANG : 109339602 109356963
PCIN : 129288757 129289260 129295909 129300100 129317423 129318106 129318633
QSA : O6P43_001311 O6P43_028033
FVE : 101300752 101305573 101311150
AANS : 126799713 126800559 126800569 126800916
RCN : 112186812 112187619 112188240 112188242 112188482 112197596
PDUL : 117620888 117620929 117621182 117622046 117622047 117622048 117624085
MDM : 103417397 103426165 103426167 103429285 103429325 103432258 103443360(OSC1) 103443364 103447527 114822557
MSYL : 126582884 126582885 126582887 126591165 126609764 126609766 126609767 126610786 126610855
PXB : 103927760 103935918 103935920 103936042 103939378 103954340 103958474 103967646 103967650 103967653
PCOX : 137707897 137708279 137715694 137728830 137739044 137739112 137739218 137742499
ZJU : 107425952 107425953 107425954 107428101 112493192 125418622 132799203
MNT : 112094630 112094634 112094688 112094692 21394597 21395405 21397009 21397010 21397013
CSAV : 115714155 115714319 115714530 115714620 115714693 115715130 115715193 115717219 115719749 115724520 115725767 133038737
CSV : 101216643 101216873 101217112
BHJ : 120069943 120075890 120079834 120080055
MEAN : 126659523 126674164 126674624 126680146 126680801 126680802 126681312 130014468 130014615
HBR : 110634117 110634126 110654191 110657399 110665723
MESC : 110600327 110618086
POP : 18104702 18104704 7465577 7497756
PALZ : 118037554 118037653 118050536 118050539 118056627 118059114
PNZ : 133672503 133672619 133681460 133682242
CILL : 122313494 122313509 122313531
CAVE : 132166930 132170762 132178134 132178794 132178822 132186675 132186677 132186893 132186894 132187907
AGLU : 133862413 133862414 133863086 133863599 133863652 133868088 133877406 133878185 133879559 133879560 133879643 133879650 133879656
QSU : 111984348 111984351 111984352 111984353 111984354 111988686 111999310 112000640 112029397 112029583 112029584 112032023
QLO : 115957665 115988421 115988911 115989778 115989779 115989780 115989781 115989786 115991553 115992905 115993033 115993103
TWL : 119986645 119991856 119996392 119998230 120005806 120007835 120010185 120010891 120014597 120016340
VVI : 100246387 100249623 100251248 100251443 100252187 100254746 100256581 100259856 100261496 100265044
VRI : 117909133 117909134 117909135 117921480 117922024 117922025 117922026 117922027 117922028 117922033 117922888 117923539 117923540
SLY : 100529100(TTS2) 100529102(lTTS1) 101262591(OSC2)
SPEN : 107005696 107005698
SOT : 102591877 102592553 102593367 102593690 102600538
SSTN : 125850184 125852109 125852112 125862054 125863368
CANN : 107841181 107841772 107841773 107841775 107841776 107841780 107856119
LBB : 132636730 132636731 132636732
NTA : 107762202 107762781 107770515 107804056
NAU : 109226501 109226503 109239410
INI : 109156437 109183903 109183911
SIND : 105167784 105173656
OEU : 111377143 111409925 111411935
SSPL : 121750224 121792459
SMIL : 131020649 131020807
APAN : 127252434 127260932
HAN : 110899433 110930222 110930250
LSV : 111884163 111918115 111918118 111918119 111918120 111918121 128126722 128126723 128126724 128126725
CCAV : 112527373 112527442 112528193
DCR : 108192236 108218800 108223283
CSIN : 114265759 114265761 114265762 114300891
CQI : 110687932 110687933 110726758 110726782 110726783 110726784 110731879
ATRI : 130814282 130814283
PSOM : 113353971 113358745
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Taxonomy
Reference
1
Authors
Abe I Ebizuka Y, Seo S, Sankawa U.
Title
Purification of squalene-2,3-epoxide cyclases from cell suspension cultures of Rabdosia japonica Hara.
Journal
FEBS Lett 249:100-104 (1989)
Reference
2
Authors
Abe I, Sankawa U, Ebizuka Y.
Title
Purification of 2,3-oxdosqualene:beta-amyrin cyclase from pea seedlings.
Journal
Chem Pharm Bull 37:536 (1989)
Reference
Authors
Kushiro T, Shibuya M, Ebizuka Y
Title
Beta-amyrin synthase--cloning of oxidosqualene cyclase that catalyzes the formation of the most popular triterpene among higher plants.
Journal
Sequence
Reference
Authors
Hayashi H, Huang P, Kirakosyan A, Inoue K, Hiraoka N, Ikeshiro Y, Kushiro T, Shibuya M, Ebizuka Y
Title
Cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding beta-amyrin synthase involved in glycyrrhizin and soyasaponin biosyntheses in licorice.
Journal
Sequence
Reference
Authors
Husselstein-Muller T, Schaller H, Benveniste P
Title
Molecular cloning and expression in yeast of 2,3-oxidosqualene-triterpenoid cyclases from Arabidopsis thaliana.
Journal
Sequence
Reference
Authors
Iturbe-Ormaetxe I, Haralampidis K, Papadopoulou K, Osbourn AE
Title
Molecular cloning and characterization of triterpene synthases from Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Zhang H, Shibuya M, Yokota S, Ebizuka Y
Title
Oxidosqualene cyclases from cell suspension cultures of Betula platyphylla var. japonica: molecular evolution of oxidosqualene cyclases in higher plants.
Journal
Sequence
Reference
Authors
Hayashi H, Huang P, Takada S, Obinata M, Inoue K, Shibuya M, Ebizuka Y
Title
Differential expression of three oxidosqualene cyclase mRNAs in Glycyrrhiza glabra.
Journal
Sequence
Reference
Authors
Kajikawa M, Yamato KT, Fukuzawa H, Sakai Y, Uchida H, Ohyama K
Title
Cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding beta-amyrin synthase from petroleum plant Euphorbia tirucalli L.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Basyuni M, Oku H, Tsujimoto E, Kinjo K, Baba S, Takara K
Title
Triterpene synthases from the Okinawan mangrove tribe, Rhizophoraceae.
Journal
Sequence
Reference
Authors
Liu Y, Cai Y, Zhao Z, Wang J, Li J, Xin W, Xia G, Xiang F
Title
Cloning and Functional Analysis of a beta-amyrin synthase gene associated with oleanolic acid biosynthesis in Gentiana straminea MAXIM.
Journal
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