Squalene—-hopanol cyclase
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| EC number | 4.2.1.129 | ||||||||
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| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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Squalene—-hopanol cyclase (EC 4.2.1.129, squalene—-hopene cyclase) is an enzyme with systematic name hopan-22-ol hydro-lyase.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- hopan-22-ol
squalene + H2O
The enzyme produces the cyclization products hopene and hopanol.
References
External links
- Squalene---hopanol cyclase at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
