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1,8-Cineole synthase (EC 4.2.3.108, 1,8-cineole cyclase, geranyl pyrophoshate:1,8-cineole cyclase, 1,8-cineole synthetase) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, 1,8-cineole-forming).[1][2][3][4][5] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
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EC no. | 4.2.3.108 | ||||||||
CAS no. | 110637-19-9 | ||||||||
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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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This enzyme requires Mn2+ or Zn2+. Geranyl diphosphate first isomerizes to (S)-linalyl diphosphate which ionises to the alpha-terpinyl cation which reacts with water to form the product.[6]
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