Lupeol synthase

Lupeol synthase (EC 5.4.99.41, LUPI, BPW, RcLUS) is an enzyme with systematic name (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene mutase (cyclizing, lupeol-forming).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene lupeol
Lupeol synthase
Identifiers
EC number5.4.99.41
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Also forms some beta-amyrin.

References
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  2. Shibuya M, Zhang H, Endo A, Shishikura K, Kushiro T, Ebizuka Y (November 1999). "Two branches of the lupeol synthase gene in the molecular evolution of plant oxidosqualene cyclases". European Journal of Biochemistry. 266 (1): 302–7. doi:10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00875.x. PMID 10542078.
  3. Segura MJ, Meyer MM, Matsuda SP (July 2000). "Arabidopsis thaliana LUP1 converts oxidosqualene to multiple triterpene alcohols and a triterpene diol". Organic Letters. 2 (15): 2257–9. doi:10.1021/ol006016b. PMID 10930257.
  4. Zhang H, Shibuya M, Yokota S, Ebizuka Y (May 2003). "Oxidosqualene cyclases from cell suspension cultures of Betula platyphylla var. japonica: molecular evolution of oxidosqualene cyclases in higher plants". Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 26 (5): 642–50. doi:10.1248/bpb.26.642. PMID 12736505.
  5. Hayashi H, Huang P, Takada S, Obinata M, Inoue K, Shibuya M, Ebizuka Y (July 2004). "Differential expression of three oxidosqualene cyclase mRNAs in Glycyrrhiza glabra". Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 27 (7): 1086–92. doi:10.1248/bpb.27.1086. PMID 15256745.
  6. Guhling O, Hobl B, Yeats T, Jetter R (April 2006). "Cloning and characterization of a lupeol synthase involved in the synthesis of epicuticular wax crystals on stem and hypocotyl surfaces of Ricinus communis". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 448 (1–2): 60–72. doi:10.1016/j.abb.2005.12.013. PMID 16445885.
  7. Basyuni M, Oku H, Tsujimoto E, Kinjo K, Baba S, Takara K (October 2007). "Triterpene synthases from the Okinawan mangrove tribe, Rhizophoraceae". The FEBS Journal. 274 (19): 5028–42. doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.06025.x. PMID 17803686.
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