Reaction: geranylgeranyl diphosphate = (–)-kolavenyl diphosphate
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Glossary: (–)-kolavenyl diphosphate = (2E)-5-[(1R,2S,4aS,8aS)-1,2,4a,5-tetramethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,7,8,8a-octahydronaphthalen-1-yl]-3-methylpent-2-en-1-yl diposphate
Other name(s): SdKPS; TwTPS14; TwTPS10/KPS; SdCPS2; clerodienyl diphosphate synthase; CLPP
Systematic name: (–)-kolavenyl diphosphate lyase (ring-opening)
Comments: Isolated from the hallucinogenic plant Salvia divinorum (seer’s sage) and the medicinal plant Tripterygium wilfordii (thunder god vine).
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References:
1. Hansen, N.L., Heskes, A.M., Hamberger, B., Olsen, C.E., Hallstrom, B.M., Andersen-Ranberg, J. and Hamberger, B. The terpene synthase gene family in Tripterygium wilfordii harbors a labdane-type diterpene synthase among the monoterpene synthase TPS-b subfamily. Plant J. 89 (2017) 429-441. [PMID: 27801964]
2. Chen, X., Berim, A., Dayan, F.E. and Gang, D.R. A (–)-kolavenyl diphosphate synthase catalyzes the first step of salvinorin A biosynthesis in Salvia divinorum. J. Exp. Bot. 68 (2017) 1109-1122. [PMID: 28204567]