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  • Wildung, M.R.; Croteau, R.
    A cDNA clone for taxadiene synthase, the diterpene cyclase that catalyzes the committed step of taxol biosynthesis (1996), J. Biol. Chem., 271, 9201-9204.
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Application

EC Number Application Comment Organism
4.2.3.17 medicine chemotherapeutic agent against a range of cancers, including ovarian and breast cancer Taxus brevifolia

Cloned(Commentary)

EC Number Cloned (Comment) Organism
4.2.3.17 expression in Escherichia coli Taxus brevifolia

Molecular Weight [Da]

EC Number Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
4.2.3.17 98300
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calculation from amino acid sequence Taxus brevifolia

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

EC Number Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
4.2.3.17 geranylgeranyl diphosphate Taxus brevifolia catalyzes the first step in taxol biosynthesis taxa-4,11-diene + diphosphate
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Organism

EC Number Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
4.2.3.17 Taxus brevifolia Q41594
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Purification (Commentary)

EC Number Purification (Comment) Organism
4.2.3.17
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Taxus brevifolia

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
4.2.3.17 geranylgeranyl diphosphate
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Taxus brevifolia taxa-4(5),11(12)-diene + diphosphate
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4.2.3.17 geranylgeranyl diphosphate catalyzes the first step in taxol biosynthesis Taxus brevifolia taxa-4,11-diene + diphosphate
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