Bornyl diphosphate synthase

In enzymology, a bornyl diphosphate synthase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction


 * geranyl diphosphate $$\rightleftharpoons$$ (+)-bornyl diphosphate

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, geranyl diphosphate, and one product, (+)-bornyl diphosphate.

This enzyme belongs to the family of isomerases, specifically the class of intramolecular lyases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is (+)-bornyl-diphosphate lyase (decyclizing). Other names in common use include bornyl pyrophosphate synthase, bornyl pyrophosphate synthetase, (+)-bornylpyrophosphate cyclase, and geranyl-diphosphate cyclase (ambiguous). This enzyme participates in monoterpenoid biosynthesis.

Structural studies
As of late 2007, 7 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes, , , , , , and.