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EC 4.2.3.42 Details
EC number
4.2.3.42
Accepted name
aphidicolan-16β-ol synthase
Reaction
9α-copalyl diphosphate + H2O = aphidicolan-16β-ol + diphosphate
Other name(s)
PbACS
Systematic name
9α-copalyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (aphidicolan-16β-ol-forming)
Comment
This is a bifunctional enzyme which also has EC 5.5.1.14 syn-copalyl diphosphate synthase activity. Aphidicolan-16β-ol is a precursor of aphidicolin, a specific inhibitor of DNA polymerase α (EC 2.7.7.7).
History
created 2009
EC Tree
1.1.5.1 created 1983, deleted 2002