IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 5.5.1.35

Accepted name: (+)-cis,cis-nepetalactol synthase

Reaction: (S)-8-oxocitronellyl enol = (+)-cis,cis-nepetalactol

For diagram of reaction click here.

Glossary: (S)-8-oxocitronellyl enol = (2E,6S,7E)-8-hydroxy-2,6-dimethylocta-2,7-dienal
(+)-cis,cis-nepetalactol =(4aR,7S,7aS)-4,7-dimethyl-1,4a,5,6,7,7a-hexahydrocyclopenta[c]pyran-1-ol

Other name(s): NEPS3 (gene name)

Systematic name: (S)-8-oxocitronellyl enol cyclase [(+)-cis,cis-nepetalactol-forming]

Comments: The enzyme, characterized from the plant Nepeta mussinii, binds an NAD+ cofactor. The product is a precursor of (+)-cis,cis-nepetalactone, one of the stereoisomers responsible for the psychoactive effects catnip has on cats.

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References:

1. Lichman, B.R., Kamileen, M.O., Titchiner, G.R., Saalbach, G., Stevenson, C.EM., Lawson, D.M. and O'Connor, S.E. Uncoupled activation and cyclization in catmint reductive terpenoid biosynthesis. Nat. Chem. Biol. 15 (2019) 71-79. [PMID: 30531909]

2. Lichman, B.R., O'Connor, S.E. and Kries, H. Biocatalytic strategies towards [4+2] cycloadditions. Chemistry 25 (2019) 6864-6877. [PMID: 30664302]

[EC 5.5.1.35 created 2019]


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