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EC 4.2.3.107 Details
EC number
4.2.3.107
Accepted name
(+)-car-3-ene synthase
Reaction
geranyl diphosphate = (+)-car-3-ene + diphosphate
Other name(s)
3-carene cyclase, 3-carene synthase, 3CAR, (+)-3-carene synthase
Systematic name
geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [cyclizing, (+)-car-3-ene-forming]
Comment
The enzyme reacts with (3S)-linalyl diphosphate twice as rapidly as geranyl diphosphate, but 25 times as rapidly as (3R)-linalyl diphosphate. It is assumed that (3S)-linalyl diphosphate is normally formed as an enzyme bound intermediate in the reaction. In the reaction the 5-pro-R hydrogen of geranyl diphosphate is eliminated during cyclopropane ring formation [1,2]. In Picea abies (Norway spruce) and Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce) terpinolene is also formed [4,6]. See EC 4.2.3.113 terpinolene synthase. (+)-Car-3-ene is associated with resistance of Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce) to white pine weevil [6].
History
created 2012
EC Tree
1.3.1.23 created 1972, deleted 2005
1.3.1.50 created 1992, deleted 1999
1.3.1.55 created 1999, deleted 2004