IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 4.1.1.114

Accepted name: cis-3-alkyl-4-alkyloxetan-2-one decarboxylase

Reaction: a cis-3-alkyl-4-alkyloxetan-2-one = a cis-alkene + CO2

Other name(s): oleB (gene name)

Systematic name: cis-3-alkyl-4-alkyloxetan-2-one carboxy-lyase (cis-alkene-forming)

Comments: The enzyme, found in certain bacterial species, catalyses the last step in a pathway for the production of olefins.

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References:

1. Christenson, J.K., Richman, J.E., Jensen, M.R., Neufeld, J.Y., Wilmot, C.M. and Wackett, L.P. β-Lactone synthetase found in the olefin biosynthesis pathway. Biochemistry 56 (2017) 348-351. [PMID: 28029240]

2. Christenson, J.K., Jensen, M.R., Goblirsch, B.R., Mohamed, F., Zhang, W., Wilmot, C.M. and Wackett, L.P. Active multienzyme assemblies for long-chain olefinic hydrocarbon biosynthesis. J. Bacteriol. 199 (2017) . [PMID: 28223313]

[EC 4.1.1.114 created 2018]


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