UniProt functional annotation for O81086

UniProt code: O81086.

Organism: Abies grandis (Grand fir) (Pinus grandis).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Pinopsida; Pinidae; Pinales; Pinaceae; Abies.
 
Function: Converts farnesyl diphosphate to alpha-bisabolene (PubMed:9618485, PubMed:9539701, PubMed:22153510). Involved in defensive oleoresin formation in conifers in response to insect attack or other injury (PubMed:9618485, PubMed:9539701). Involved in sesquiterpene (C15) olefins biosynthesis (PubMed:9618485, PubMed:9539701). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22153510, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9539701, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9618485}.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate = (E,R)-alpha-bisabolene + diphosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:25436, ChEBI:CHEBI:33019, ChEBI:CHEBI:49243, ChEBI:CHEBI:175763; EC=4.2.3.38; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:22153510, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9618485};
Cofactor: Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:22153510, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9618485}; Name=Mn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29035; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:9618485}; Note=Binds 3 divalent metal cations per subunit (PubMed:22153510). Can use either Mg(2+) or Mn(2+) (PubMed:9618485). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22153510, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9618485};
Cofactor: Name=K(+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29103; Evidence={ECO:0000250};
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=49.5 uM for (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22153510};
Pathway: Terpene metabolism; oleoresin biosynthesis. {ECO:0000305}.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000305}.
Induction: By wounding. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9618485}.
Domain: The Asp-Asp-Xaa-Xaa-Asp/Glu (DDXXD/E) motif is important for the catalytic activity, presumably through binding to Mg(2+).
Miscellaneous: The conserved 25-Arg-Arg-26 motif may play a role in the isomerization step of the terpenoid cyclization reaction sequence.
Similarity: Belongs to the terpene synthase family. Tpsd subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.