(−)-camphene synthase

Class of enzymes (−)-camphene synthase 4.2.3.117 (−)-camphene synthase (EC 4.2.3.117, CS) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [cyclizing, (−)-camphene-forming]. Bohlmann J, Phillips M, Ramachandiran V, Katoh S, Croteau R cDNA cloning, characterization, and functional expression of four new monoterpene synthase members of the Tpsd gene family from grand fir (Abies grandis) Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 368 2 232–43 August 1999 10441373 10.1006/abbi.1999.1332 Huber DP, Philippe RN, Godard KA, Sturrock RN, Bohlmann J Characterization of four terpene synthase cDNAs from methyl jasmonate-induced Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii Phytochemistry 66 12 1427–39 June 2005 15921711 10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.04.030 2005PChem..66.1427H Hyatt DC, Croteau R Mutational analysis of a monoterpene synthase reaction: altered catalysis through directed mutagenesis of (−)-pinene synthase from Abies grandis Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 439 2 222–33 July 2005 15978541 10.1016/j.abb.2005.05.017 Falara V, Akhtar TA, Nguyen TT, Spyropoulou EA, Bleeker PM, Schauvinhold I, Matsuba Y, Bonini ME, Schilmiller AL, Last RL, Schuurink RC, Pichersky E The tomato terpene synthase gene family Plant Physiology 157 2 770–89 October 2011 21813655 3192577 10.1104/pp.111.179648 This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction geranyl diphosphate (−)-camphene + diphosphate (−)-Camphene is the major product in Abies grandis (grand fir) with traces of other monoterpenoids. References External links (−)-camphene+synthase Biology no Category:EC 4.2.3