| p-aminohippuric acid synthase | <enzyme> An enzyme in the liver that catalyses the synthesis of p-aminohippuric acid from p-aminobenzoic acid (or the CoA-derivative) and glycine. It may be identical with glycine acyltransferase. Acronym: PAH (05 Mar 2000) |
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| malate synthase | <enzyme> An important enzyme in the glyoxylic acid cycle which reversibly catalyses the synthesis of l-malate from acetyl-CoA and glyoxylate. Chemical name: L-Malate glyoxylate-lyase (CoA-acetylating) Registry number: EC 4.1.3.2 (12 Dec 1998) |
| maltooligosyl trehalose synthase | <enzyme> Converts various maltooligosaccharides to the correspondingmaltooligosyl trehalose by intramolecular transglycosylation Registry number: EC 2.4.1.- Synonym: mtsase (26 Jun 1999) |
| mannopine synthase | <enzyme> No other info avail Registry number: EC 4.2.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| paratose synthase | <enzyme> Converts cdp-4-keto 3,6-dideoxyglucose to cdp-paratose Registry number: EC 5.1.3.- Synonym: rfbs gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| vetispiradiene synthase | <enzyme> A sesquiterpene cyclase; isolated from hyoscyamus muticus; shows 77% amino acid sequence identity to tobacco sesquiterpene cyclase; genbank u20187 Registry number: EC 2.5.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| patchoulol synthase | <enzyme> From pogostemon cablin; has the ability to transform farnesyl pyrophosphate to cyclic olefins (alpha- and beta- patchoulene, alpha-bulnesene, and alpha-guiaene); a sesquiterpene cyclase Registry number: EC 5.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| glucan synthase | <enzyme> Do not confuse with EC 2.4.1.34, which is 1,3-beta-glucan synthase or EC 2.4.1.12 which is 1,4-beta-glucan synthase Registry number: EC 2.4.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| cellulose synthase | <enzyme, plant biology> A enzyme which assembles sugar molecules into cellulose (a major component of the cell walls of plant cells). (13 Nov 1997) |
| vitopine synthase | <chemical> Isolated from agrobacterium vitis Synonym: vis gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| glutamate synthase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the formation of 2 molecules of glutamate from glutamine plus alpha-ketoglutarate in the presence of NADPH. Chemical name: L-Glutamate:NADP+ oxidoreductase (transaminating) Registry number: EC 1.4.1.13 (12 Dec 1998) |
| glutathione synthase | <enzyme> One of the enzymes active in the gamma-glutamyl cycle. It catalyses the synthesis of glutathione from gamma-glutamylcysteine and glycine in the presence of ATP with the formation of ADP and orthophosphate. Chemical name: gamma-L-Glutamyl-L-cysteine:glycine ligase (ADP-forming) Registry number: EC 6.3.2.3 (12 Dec 1998) |
| glycine synthase | A complex of several proteins that catalyze the reversible reaction of glycine with tetrahydrofolate to produce CO2, NH3, and N5,N10-methylenetetrahydrofolate; a deficiency of this enzyme (or one of its subunits) will result in nonketotic hyperglycinaemia. Synonym: glycine synthase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glycogen synthase | <enzyme> An enzyme of the transferase class that catalyses the reaction of udpglucose and (1,4-alpha-d-glucosyl)n to yield udp and 1,4-alpha-d-glucosyl)n+1. The reaction is highly regulated by allosteric effectors, by phosphorylation reactions, and by insulin. Chemical name: UDPglucose:glycogen 4-alpha-D-glucosyltransferase Registry number: EC 2.4.1.11 (12 Dec 1998) |
| glycogen synthase-d phosphatase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the conversion of phosphorylated, inactive glycogen synthase d to active dephosphoglycogen synthase I. Chemical name: (UDPglucose:glycogen 4-alpha-D-glucosyltransferase-D) phosphohydrolase Registry number: EC 3.1.3.42 (12 Dec 1998) |