Germanicol synthase (EC 5.4.99.34, RsM1, (S)-2,3-epoxysqualene mutase (cyclizing, germanicol-forming)) is an enzyme with systematic name (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualenee mutase (cyclizing, germanicol-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Germanicol synthase
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EC no.5.4.99.34
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(3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene germanicol

The enzyme produces germanicol, beta-amyrin and lupeol.

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  1. ^ Basyuni M, Oku H, Tsujimoto E, Kinjo K, Baba S, Takara K (October 2007). "Triterpene synthases from the Okinawan mangrove tribe, Rhizophoraceae". The FEBS Journal. 274 (19): 5028–42. doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.06025.x. PMID 17803686.

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