Sesquithujene synthase

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Sesquithujene synthase
Identifiers
EC no. 4.2.3.102
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Sesquithujene synthase (EC 4.2.3.102, TPS5-Del1) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (sesquithujene-forming). [1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate sesquithujene + diphosphate

The enzyme from Zea mays , variety Delprim, gives mainly sesquithujene.

References

  1. Köllner TG, Schnee C, Gershenzon J, Degenhardt J (May 2004). "The variability of sesquiterpenes emitted from two Zea mays cultivars is controlled by allelic variation of two terpene synthase genes encoding stereoselective multiple product enzymes". The Plant Cell. 16 (5): 1115–31. Bibcode:2004PlanC..16.1115K. doi:10.1105/tpc.019877. PMC   423204 . PMID   15075399.