Tetraprenyl-beta-curcumene synthase

Tetraprenyl-β-curcumene synthase (EC 4.2.3.130, ytpB (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name all-trans-heptaprenyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, tetraprenyl-β-curcumene-forming).^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

all-trans-heptaprenyl diphosphate ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ tetraprenyl-β-curcumene + diphosphate

Tetraprenyl-β-curcumene synthase
Identifiers
EC no.	4.2.3.130
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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This enzyme is isolated from Bacillus subtilis.