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Geranyl diphosphate diphosphatase

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EC number
  
3.1.7.11

BRENDA
  
BRENDA entry

KEGG
  
KEGG entry

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IntEnz view

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MetaCyc
  
metabolic pathway

Geranyl diphosphate diphosphatase (EC 3.1.7.11, geraniol synthase, geranyl pyrophosphate pyrophosphatase, GES, CtGES) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphohydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

geranyl diphosphate + H2O geraniol + diphosphate

This enzyme is isolated from Ocimum basilicum (basil) and Cinnamomum tenuipile (camphor tree).

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Geranyl diphosphate diphosphatase Wikipedia