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Geranyl diphosphate diphosphatase

class of enzymes

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ10814352 ↗
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Geranyl diphosphate diphosphatase (EC 3.1.7.11, geraniol synthase, geranyl pyrophosphate pyrophosphatase) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphohydrolase. It catalyses the following chemical reaction

The enzyme isolated from Ocimum basilicum (basil) and Cinnamomum tenuipile (camphor tree) hydrolyses geranyl pyrophosphate to geraniol and pyrophosphate (PPi). The product geraniol is oxidised to geranial and is involved in the biosynthesis of many other monoterpenes.

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