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EC 4.2.3.90 Details
EC number
4.2.3.90
Accepted name
5-epi-α-selinene synthase
Reaction
(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate = 5-epi-α-selinene + diphosphate
Other name(s)
8a-epi-α-selinene synthase, NP1
Systematic name
(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, 5-epi-α-selinene-forming)
Comment
Requires Mg2+. The enzyme forms 5-epi-α-selinene possibly via germecrene A or a 1,6-hydride shift mechanism.
History
created 2011
EC Tree
1.1.99.15 created 1978, deleted 1980
1.1.99.17 created 1982, deleted 2003