Baccharis oxide synthase (EC 5.4.99.51) is an enzyme with systematic name (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene mutase (cyclizing, baccharis-oxide-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
| Baccharis oxide synthase | |||||||||
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| EC no. | 5.4.99.51 | ||||||||
| 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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- (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene baccharis oxide
The enzyme from Stevia rebaudiana also gives traces of other triterpenoids.
References edit
- ^ Shibuya M, Sagara A, Saitoh A, Kushiro T, Ebizuka Y (November 2008). "Biosynthesis of baccharis oxide, a triterpene with a 3,10-oxide bridge in the A-ring". Organic Letters. 10 (21): 5071–4. doi:10.1021/ol802072y. PMID 18850716.
External links edit
- Baccharis+oxide+synthase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
