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{{Infobox enzyme
| Name = Taraxerol synthase
| EC_number = 5.4.99.35
| CAS_number = 
| IUBMB_EC_number = 5/4/99/35
| GO_code = 
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'''Taraxerol synthase''' ({{EC number|5.4.99.35}}, ''RsM2'', ''(S)-2,3-epoxysqualene mutase (cyclizing, taraxerol-forming)'') is an [[enzyme]] with system name ''(3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene mutase (cyclizing, taraxerol-forming)''.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Triterpene synthases from the Okinawan mangrove tribe, Rhizophoraceae |author = Basyuni, M., Oku, H., Tsujimoto, E., Kinjo, K., Baba, S. and Takara, K. |journal = FEBS J. |date = 2007 |volume = 274 |pages = 5028-5042 |pmid = 17803686 |doi=10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.06025.x}}</ref> This enzyme [[catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[chemical reaction]]

: (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> [[taraxerol]]

The enzyme gives taraxerol, [[beta-amyrin]] and [[lupeol]].

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{MeshName|Taraxerol+synthase}}

[[Category:EC 5.4.99]]