Tetrahymanol synthase (, ''squalene tetrahymanol cyclase'') is an
enzyme
Enzymes () are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different molecules known as products. A ...
with
systematic name ''squalene hydro-lyase (tetrahymanol forming)''.
This enzyme
catalyses the following
chemical reaction
A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the IUPAC nomenclature for organic transformations, chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another. Classically, chemical reactions encompass changes that only involve the pos ...
:
tetrahymanol
Tetrahymanol is a gammacerane-type membrane lipid first found in the marine ciliate ''Tetrahymena, Tetrahymena pyriformis''. It was later found in other ciliates, Fungus, fungi, ferns, and bacteria. After diagenesis, being deposited in sediments t ...
squalene + H
2O
The reaction occurs in the reverse direction.
This enzyme is isolated from
Tetrahymena protozoans.
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