(Z)-gamma-bisabolene synthase

Class of enzymes (Z)-γ-bisabolene synthase 4.2.3.40 (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). Ro DK, Ehlting J, Keeling CI, Lin R, Mattheus N, Bohlmann J 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 April 2006 16297850 10.1016/j.abb.2005.09.019 This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate (Z)-γ-bisabolene + diphosphate This enzyme is expressed in the root, hydathodes and stigma of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. References External links (Z)-gamma-bisabolene+synthase Biology no Category:EC 4.2.3