Squalene— hopanol cyclase

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EC number 4.2.1.129 BRENDA BRENDA entry KEGG KEGG entry		IntEnz IntEnz view ExPASy NiceZyme view MetaCyc metabolic pathway

Squalene—-hopanol cyclase (EC 4.2.1.129, squalene—-hopene cyclase) is an enzyme with systematic name hopan-22-ol hydro-lyase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

hopan-22-ol ⇌ squalene + H₂O

The enzyme produces the cyclization products hopene and hopanol.

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