Alpha-farnesene synthase

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α-farnesene synthase
α-farnesene synthase
Identifiers
EC no.	4.2.3.46
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α-Farnesene synthase (EC 4.2.3.46, (E,E)-α-farnesene synthase, AFS1, MdAFS1) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate lyase ((3E,6E)-α-farnesene-forming).^[1]^[2]^[3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate

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(3E,6E)-α-farnesene + diphosphate

References

^ Pechous SW, Whitaker BD (May 2004). "Cloning and functional expression of an ( E, E)-alpha-farnesene synthase cDNA from peel tissue of apple fruit". Planta. 219 (1): 84–94. doi:10.1007/s00425-003-1191-4. PMID 14740213. S2CID 24341939.
^ Green S, Squire CJ, Nieuwenhuizen NJ, Baker EN, Laing W (March 2009). "Defining the potassium binding region in an apple terpene synthase". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284 (13): 8661–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.m807140200. PMC 2659225. PMID 19181671.
^ Nieuwenhuizen NJ, Wang MY, Matich AJ, Green SA, Chen X, Yauk YK, Beuning LL, Nagegowda DA, Dudareva N, Atkinson RG (2009). "Two terpene synthases are responsible for the major sesquiterpenes emitted from the flowers of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa)". Journal of Experimental Botany. 60 (11): 3203–19. doi:10.1093/jxb/erp162. PMC 2718223. PMID 19516075.

External links

Alpha-farnesene+synthase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

[1] Pechous SW, Whitaker BD (May 2004). "Cloning and functional expression of an ( E, E)-alpha-farnesene synthase cDNA from peel tissue of apple fruit". Planta. 219 (1): 84–94. doi:10.1007/s00425-003-1191-4. PMID 14740213. S2CID 24341939.

[2] Green S, Squire CJ, Nieuwenhuizen NJ, Baker EN, Laing W (March 2009). "Defining the potassium binding region in an apple terpene synthase". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284 (13): 8661–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.m807140200. PMC 2659225. PMID 19181671.

[3] Nieuwenhuizen NJ, Wang MY, Matich AJ, Green SA, Chen X, Yauk YK, Beuning LL, Nagegowda DA, Dudareva N, Atkinson RG (2009). "Two terpene synthases are responsible for the major sesquiterpenes emitted from the flowers of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa)". Journal of Experimental Botany. 60 (11): 3203–19. doi:10.1093/jxb/erp162. PMC 2718223. PMID 19516075.

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v t e Carbon–oxygen lyases (EC 4.2) (primarily dehydratases)
4.2.1: Hydro-Lyases	Carbonic anhydrase Fumarase Aconitase Enolase Alpha Enolase 2 Enoyl-CoA hydratase/3-Hydroxyacyl ACP dehydrase Methylglutaconyl-CoA hydratase Tryptophan synthase Cystathionine beta synthase Porphobilinogen synthase 3-Isopropylmalate dehydratase Urocanase Uroporphyrinogen III synthase Nitrile hydratase
4.2.2: Acting on polysaccharides	Hyaluronate lyase Pectin lyase
4.2.3: Acting on phosphates	Threonine synthase
4.2.99: Other	Carboxymethyloxysuccinate lyase Hydroperoxide lyase

v t e Enzymes
Activity	Active site Binding site Catalytic triad Oxyanion hole Enzyme promiscuity Diffusion-limited enzyme Cofactor Enzyme catalysis
Regulation	Allosteric regulation Cooperativity Enzyme inhibitor Enzyme activator
Classification	EC number Enzyme superfamily Enzyme family List of enzymes
Kinetics	Enzyme kinetics Eadie–Hofstee diagram Hanes–Woolf plot Lineweaver–Burk plot Michaelis–Menten kinetics
Types	EC1 Oxidoreductases (list) EC2 Transferases (list) EC3 Hydrolases (list) EC4 Lyases (list) EC5 Isomerases (list) EC6 Ligases (list) EC7 Translocases (list)