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(−)-alpha-cuprenene synthase
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Class of enzymes
(−)-α-cuprenene synthase 4.2.3.95
(−)-α-Cuprenene synthase (EC 4.2.3.95, Cop6) is an enzyme with systematic name (−)-α -cuprenene hydrolase (cyclizing, (−)-α-cuprenene-forming). Lopez-Gallego F, Agger SA, Abate-Pella D, Distefano MD, Schmidt-Dannert C Sesquiterpene synthases Cop4 and Cop6 from Coprinus cinereus: catalytic promiscuity and cyclization of farnesyl pyrophosphate geometric isomers ChemBioChem 11 8 1093–106 May 2010 20419721 2873112 10.1002/cbic.200900671 This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate (−)-α-cuprenene + diphosphate
The enzyme from the fungus Coprinopsis cinerea produces (−)-α-cuprenene with high selectivity.
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