(+)-delta-selinene synthase

Class of enzymes (+)-δ-selinene synthase 4.2.3.76 (+)-δ-Selinene synthase (EC 4.2.3.76) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((+)-δ-selinene-forming). Steele CL, Crock J, Bohlmann J, Croteau R Sesquiterpene synthases from grand fir (Abies grandis). Comparison of constitutive and wound-induced activities, and cDNA isolation, characterization, and bacterial expression of δ-selinene synthase and γ-humulene synthase The Journal of Biological Chemistry 273 4 2078–89 January 1998 9442047 10.1074/jbc.273.4.2078 free Little DB, Croteau RB Alteration of product formation by directed mutagenesis and truncation of the multiple-product sesquiterpene synthases δ-selinene synthase and γ-humulene synthase Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 402 1 120–35 June 2002 12051690 10.1016/S0003-9861(02)00068-1 This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate (+)-δ-selinene + diphosphate Initial cyclization gives germacrene C in an enzyme bound form. References External links (+)-delta-selinene+synthase Biology no Category:EC 4.2.3