(+)-beta-pinene synthase

Enzyme (+)-β-pinene synthase 4.2.3.122 (+)-β-Pinene synthase (EC 4.2.3.122, (+)-pinene cyclase, cyclase III) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [(+)-β-pinene-forming]. 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 (−)-α-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 (+)-β-pinene + diphosphate Cyclase III from Salvia officinalis (sage) gives roughly equal parts of (+)-β-pinene and (+)-α-pinene. References External links (+)-beta-pinene+synthase Biology no Category:EC 4.2.3