Cycloartenol synthase
In enzymology, a cycloartenol synthase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, -2,3-epoxysqualene, and one product, cycloartenol.
This enzyme belongs to the family of isomerases, specifically those intramolecular transferases transferring other groups. The systematic name of this enzyme class is -2,3-epoxysqualene mutase . Other names in common use include 2,3-epoxysqualene cycloartenol-cyclase, squalene-2,3-epoxide-cycloartenol cyclase, 2,3-epoxysqualene cycloartenol-cyclase, 2,3-epoxysqualene-cycloartenol cyclase, and 2,3-oxidosqualene-cycloartenol cyclase. This enzyme participates in biosynthesis of steroids.
