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EC 4.2.3.137 Details
EC number
4.2.3.137
Accepted name
(E)-2-epi-β-caryophyllene synthase
Reaction
(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate = (E)-2-epi-β-caryophyllene + diphosphate
Other name(s)
2-epi-(E)-β-caryophyllene synthase,
SmMTPSL26
Systematic name
(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, (E)-2-epi-β-caryophyllene-forming)
Comment
Isolated from the plant Selaginella moellendorfii. The enzyme also gives two other sesquiterpenoids.
History
created 2012
EC Tree
1.6.2.1 created 1961, deleted 1965
1.6.2.3 created 1972, deleted 1965
1.13.12.10 created 1989, modified 1999, deleted 2001