(+)-sabinene synthase explained

(+)-sabinene synthase
Ec Number:	4.2.3.110

(+)-Sabinene synthase (EC 4.2.3.110, SS) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [cyclizing, (+)-sabinene-forming].^{[1] [2]} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

\rightleftharpoons (+)-sabinene + diphosphate

This enzyme is isolated from Salvia officinalis (sage).

Notes and References

1. Wise ML, Savage TJ, Katahira E, Croteau R . Monoterpene synthases from common sage (Salvia officinalis). cDNA isolation, characterization, and functional expression of (+)-sabinene synthase, 1,8-cineole synthase, and (+)-bornyl diphosphate synthase . The Journal of Biological Chemistry . 273 . 24 . 14891–9 . June 1998 . 9614092 . 10.1074/jbc.273.24.14891 . free .
2. Peters RJ, Croteau RB . Alternative termination chemistries utilized by monoterpene cyclases: chimeric analysis of bornyl diphosphate, 1,8-cineole, and sabinene synthases . Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics . 417 . 2 . 203–11 . September 2003 . 12941302 . 10.1016/s0003-9861(03)00347-3 .