Tetrahymanol synthase
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Tetrahymanol synthase (EC 4.2.1.123, squalene tetrahymanol cyclase) is an enzyme with systematic name squalene hydro-lyase (tetrahymanol forming).[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- tetrahymanol squalene + H2O
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EC no. | 4.2.1.123 | ||||||||
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MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
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PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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The reaction occurs in the reverse direction.
This enzyme is isolated from Tetrahymena protozoans.