Botryococcus squalene synthase
Class of enzymes
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Botryococcus squalene synthase (EC 1.3.1.96, SSL-2 (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name squalene:NADP+ oxidoreductase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- squalene + diphosphate + NADP+ presqualene diphosphate + NADPH + H+
| Botryococcus squalene synthase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 1.3.1.96 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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This enzyme is isolated from the green alga Botryococcus braunii BOT22.
