Tetrahymanol synthase
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| EC number | 4.2.1.123 | ||||||||
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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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Tetrahymanol synthase (EC 4.2.1.123, squaleneatetrahymanol cyclase) is an enzyme with systematic name squalene hydro-lyase (tetrahymanol forming).[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- tetrahymanol
squalene + H2O
The reaction occurs in the reverse direction.
References
External links
- Tetrahymanol synthase at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
