Drimenol cyclase explained

Drimenol cyclase
Ec Number:	3.1.7.7
Cas Number:	146838-17-7

Drimenol cyclase (farnesyl pyrophosphate:drimenol cyclase) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphohydrolase (drimenol-forming).^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + H₂O

\rightleftharpoons drimenol + diphosphate

Notes and References

1. Partial purification of farnesyl pyrophosphate:drimenol cyclase and geranylgerany pyrophosphate:sclareol cyclase, using cell culture as a source of material . Banthorp DV, Brown JT, Morris GS . Phytochemistry . 1992 . 31 . 3391–3395 . 10.1016/0031-9422(92)83692-R.