(+)-alpha-barbatene synthase

Class of enzymes (+)-α-barbatene synthase 4.2.3.69 (+)-α-Barbatene synthase (EC 4.2.3.69, AtBS) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((+)-α-barbatene-forming). Wu S, Schoenbeck MA, Greenhagen BT, Takahashi S, Lee S, Coates RM, Chappell J Surrogate splicing for functional analysis of sesquiterpene synthase genes Plant Physiology 138 3 1322–33 July 2005 15965019 10.1104/pp.105.059386 1176406 Tholl D, Chen F, Petri J, Gershenzon J, Pichersky E Two sesquiterpene synthases are responsible for the complex mixture of sesquiterpenes emitted from Arabidopsis flowers The Plant Journal 42 5 757–71 June 2005 15918888 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2005.02417.x https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/74293/1/j.1365-313X.2005.02417.x.pdf free This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate (+)-α-barbatene + diphosphate The recombinant enzyme from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana produces α-barbatene, thujopsene and β-chamigrene. References External links (+)-alpha-barbatene+synthase Biology no Category:EC 4.2.3