(+)-camphene synthase

Class of enzymes (+)-camphene synthase 4.2.3.116 (+)-camphene synthase (EC 4.2.3.116) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [cyclizing, (+)-camphene-forming]. Gambliel H, Croteau R Pinene cyclases I and II. Two enzymes from sage (Salvia officinalis) which catalyze stereospecific cyclizations of geranyl pyrophosphate to monoterpene olefins of opposite configuration The Journal of Biological Chemistry 259 2 740–8 January 1984 10.1016/S0021-9258(17)43520-4 free 6693393 Croteau R, Satterwhite DM, Cane DE, Chang CC Biosynthesis of monoterpenes. Enantioselectivity in the enzymatic cyclization of (+)- and (−)-linalyl pyrophosphate to (+)- and (−)-pinene and (+)- and (−)-camphene The Journal of Biological Chemistry 263 21 10063–71 July 1988 10.1016/S0021-9258(19)81477-1 free 3392006 Wagschal KC, Pyun HJ, Coates RM, Croteau R Monoterpene biosynthesis: isotope effects associated with bicyclic olefin formation catalyzed by pinene synthases from sage (Salvia officinalis) Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 308 2 477–87 February 1994 8109978 10.1006/abbi.1994.1068 Pyun HJ, Wagschal KC, Jung DI, Coates RM, Croteau R Stereochemistry of the proton elimination in the formation of (+)- and (−)-alpha-pinene by monoterpene cyclases from sage (Salvia officinalis) Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 308 2 488–96 February 1994 8109979 10.1006/abbi.1994.1069 This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction geranyl diphosphate (+)-camphene + diphosphate Cyclase I of Salvia officinalis (sage) gives about equal parts (+)-camphene and (+)-alpha-pinene. References External links (+)-camphene+synthase Biology no Category:EC 4.2.3