Reaction: geranylgeranyl diphosphate = cycloaraneosene + diphosphate
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Glossary: cycloaraneosene = (1R,3aR,9aS,10aR)-1,9a-dimethyl-4-methylene-7-(propan-2-yl)-1,2,3,3a,4,5,6,8,9,9a,10,10a-dodecahydrodicyclopenta[a,d][8]annulene
Other name(s): SdnA
Systematic name: geranylgeranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cycloaraneosene-forming)
Comments: Isolated from the fungus Sordaria araneosa. Cycloaraneosene is a precursor of the antibiotic sordarin.
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References:
1. Kudo, F., Matsuura, Y., Hayashi, T., Fukushima, M. and Eguchi, T. Genome mining of the sordarin biosynthetic gene cluster from Sordaria araneosa Cain ATCC 36386: characterization of cycloaraneosene synthase and GDP-6-deoxyaltrose transferase. J. Antibiot. (Tokyo) 69 (2016) 541-548. [PMID: 27072286]