Bornyl diphosphate synthase

In enzymology, a bornyl diphosphate synthase (EC number|5.5.1.8) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

:geranyl diphosphate $ightleftharpoons$ (+)-bornyl diphosphate

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, geranyl diphosphate, and one product, (+)-bornyl diphosphate.

This enzyme belongs to the family of isomerases, specifically the class of intramolecular lyases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is (+)-bornyl-diphosphate lyase (decyclizing). Other names in common use include bornyl pyrophosphate synthase, bornyl pyrophosphate synthetase, (+)-bornylpyrophosphate cyclase, and geranyl-diphosphate cyclase (ambiguous). This enzyme participates in monoterpenoid biosynthesis.

tructural studies

As of late 2007, 7 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes PDB link|1N1B, PDB link|1N1Z, PDB link|1N20, PDB link|1N21, PDB link|1N22, PDB link|1N23, and PDB link|1N24.

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External links

::"The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is CAS registry|72668-91-8."

Gene Ontology (GO) codes