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Literature summary extracted from

  • Taura, F.
    Studies on tetrahydrocannabinolic acid synthase that produces the acidic precursor of tetrahydrocannabinol, the pharmacologically active cannabinoid in marijuana (2009), Drug Discov. Ther., 3, 83-87.
    View publication on PubMed

Cloned(Commentary)

EC Number Cloned (Comment) Organism
1.21.3.7 expressed using a baculovirus insect expression system and expressed in transgenic Nicotiana tabacum hairy roots and methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris Cannabis sativa

Metals/Ions

EC Number Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
1.21.3.7 additional information the enzyme does not require any metal ions for activity Cannabis sativa

Molecular Weight [Da]

EC Number Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
1.21.3.7 76000
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about 76000 Da, gel filtration Cannabis sativa

Organism

EC Number Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
1.21.3.7 Cannabis sativa
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Purification (Commentary)

EC Number Purification (Comment) Organism
1.21.3.7 DE-52 column chromatography, phenyl Sepharose CL-4B column chromatography, and hydroxylapatite column chromatography Cannabis sativa

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
1.21.3.7 cannabigerolate + O2 maximum conversion rate of about 98% in 24 h Cannabis sativa DELTA9-tetrahydrocannabinolate + H2O2
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Subunits

EC Number Subunits Comment Organism
1.21.3.7 monomer 1 * about 75000, SDS-PAGE Cannabis sativa

Synonyms

EC Number Synonyms Comment Organism
1.21.3.7 THCA synthase
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Cannabis sativa

Cofactor

EC Number Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
1.21.3.7 FAD the enzyme contains covalently attached FAD at a molar ratio of FAD to protein of 1:1 Cannabis sativa
1.21.3.7 additional information the enzyme does not require any cofactors or coenzymes Cannabis sativa

General Information

EC Number General Information Comment Organism
1.21.3.7 metabolism key enzyme in the synthesis of tetrahydrocannabinolate Cannabis sativa