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Thujopsene synthase

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Thujopsene synthase
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EC no.4.2.3.79
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Thujopsene synthase (EC 4.2.3.79) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate lyase (cyclizing, (+)-thujopsene-forming).[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

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

The recombinant enzyme from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana produces (+)-α-barbatene, (+)-thujopsene and (+)-β-chamigrene.

References

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  1. ^ Wu S, Schoenbeck MA, Greenhagen BT, Takahashi S, Lee S, Coates RM, Chappell J (July 2005). "Surrogate splicing for functional analysis of sesquiterpene synthase genes". Plant Physiology. 138 (3): 1322–33. doi:10.1104/pp.105.059386. PMC 1176406. PMID 15965019.
  2. ^ Tholl D, Chen F, Petri J, Gershenzon J, Pichersky E (June 2005). "Two sesquiterpene synthases are responsible for the complex mixture of sesquiterpenes emitted from Arabidopsis flowers" (PDF). The Plant Journal. 42 (5): 757–71. doi:10.1111/j.1365-313x.2005.02417.x. PMID 15918888.
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