Taxadiene synthase
In enzymology, a taxadiene synthase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, geranylgeranyl diphosphate, and two products, taxa-4,11-diene and diphosphate.
This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically those carbon-oxygen lyases acting on phosphates. The systematic name of this enzyme class is geranylgeranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase . Other names in common use include geranylgeranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase . This enzyme participates in diterpenoid biosynthesis.
