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Germacrene C synthase

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Germacrene C synthase
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EC no.4.2.3.60
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Germacrene C synthase (EC 4.2.3.60) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (germacrene-C-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate germacrene C + diphosphate

References

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  1. ^ Colby SM, Crock J, Dowdle-Rizzo B, Lemaux PG, Croteau R (March 1998). "Germacrene C synthase from Lycopersicon esculentum cv. VFNT cherry tomato: cDNA isolation, characterization, and bacterial expression of the multiple product sesquiterpene cyclase". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 95 (5): 2216–21. Bibcode:1998PNAS...95.2216C. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.5.2216. PMC 19298. PMID 9482865.
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