(+)-beta-pinene synthase

(+)-β-Pinene synthase (EC 4.2.3.122, (+)-pinene cyclase, cyclase III) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [(+)-β-pinene-forming].^[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

geranyl diphosphate ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ (+)-β-pinene + diphosphate

(+)-β-pinene synthase
Identifiers
EC no.	4.2.3.122
Databases
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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Cyclase III from Salvia officinalis (sage) gives roughly equal parts of (+)-β-pinene and (+)-α-pinene.