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Delta-guaiene synthase

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δ-guaiene synthase
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EC no.4.2.3.93
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δ-Guaiene synthase (EC 4.2.3.93) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E))-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, δ-guaiene-forming).[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate δ-guaiene + diphosphate

This enzyme requires Mg2+.

References

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  1. ^ Deguerry F, Pastore L, Wu S, Clark A, Chappell J, Schalk M (October 2006). "The diverse sesquiterpene profile of patchouli, Pogostemon cablin, is correlated with a limited number of sesquiterpene synthases". Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 454 (2): 123–36. doi:10.1016/j.abb.2006.08.006. PMID 16970904.
  2. ^ Kumeta Y, Ito M (December 2010). "Characterization of delta-guaiene synthases from cultured cells of Aquilaria, responsible for the formation of the sesquiterpenes in agarwood". Plant Physiology. 154 (4): 1998–2007. doi:10.1104/pp.110.161828. PMC 2996018. PMID 20959422.
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