- Source: Lavandulyl diphosphate synthase
In enzymology, a lavandulyl diphosphate synthase (EC 2.5.1.69) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
2 dimethylallyl diphosphate
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{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }
diphosphate + lavandulyl diphosphate
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, dimethylallyl diphosphate, and two products, diphosphate and lavandulyl diphosphate.
This enzyme belongs to the family of transferases, specifically those transferring aryl or alkyl groups other than methyl groups. The systematic name of this enzyme class is dimethylallyl-diphosphate:dimethylallyl-diphosphate dimethylallyltransferase (lavandulyl-diphosphate-forming). This enzyme is also called FDS-5.
References
Erickson HK, Poulter CD (2003). "Chrysanthemyl diphosphate synthase. The relationship among chain elongation, branching, and cyclopropanation reactions in the isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125 (23): 6886–8. doi:10.1021/ja034520g. PMID 12783539.
Hemmerlin A, Rivera SB, Erickson HK, Poulter CD (2003). "Enzymes encoded by the farnesyl diphosphate synthase gene family in the Big Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata ssp. spiciformis". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (34): 32132–40. doi:10.1074/jbc.M213045200. PMID 12782626.
