(Z)-gamma-bisabolene synthase

(Z)-γ-bisabolene synthase (EC 4.2.3.40) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((Z)-γ-bisabolene-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(Z)-γ-bisabolene synthase
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EC no.4.2.3.40
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(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate (Z)-γ-bisabolene + diphosphate

This enzyme is expressed in the root, hydathodes and stigma of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana.

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  1. ^ Ro DK, Ehlting J, Keeling CI, Lin R, Mattheus N, Bohlmann J (April 2006). "Microarray expression profiling and functional characterization of AtTPS genes: duplicated Arabidopsis thaliana sesquiterpene synthase genes At4g13280 and At4g13300 encode root-specific and wound-inducible (Z)-gamma-bisabolene synthases". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 448 (1–2): 104–16. doi:10.1016/j.abb.2005.09.019. PMID 16297850.
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