Medical Definition of Humulene cyclase
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Catalyses the cyclization of farnesyl pyrophosphate; probably by intramolecular electrophilic attack by c-1 bearing the pyrophosphate ester on c-11 of the terminal double bond to give a humulyl cation which is stabilised by deprotonation at c-9 to form all-trans humulene; mw 57 kD
Registry number: EC 5.-
(26 Jun 1999)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humulene Cyclase
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