(+)-gamma-cadinene synthase

Class of enzymes (+)-γ-cadinene synthase 4.2.3.92 (+)-γ-Cadinene synthase (EC 4.2.3.92) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((+)-γ-cadinene-forming). Iijima Y, Davidovich-Rikanati R, Fridman E, Gang DR, Bar E, Lewinsohn E, Pichersky E The biochemical and molecular basis for the divergent patterns in the biosynthesis of terpenes and phenylpropenes in the peltate glands of three cultivars of basil Plant Physiology 136 3 3724–36 November 2004 15516500 527170 10.1104/pp.104.051318 Portnoy V, Benyamini Y, Bar E, Harel-Beja R, Gepstein S, Giovannoni JJ, Schaffer AA, Burger J, Tadmor Y, Lewinsohn E, Katzir N The molecular and biochemical basis for varietal variation in sesquiterpene content in melon (Cucumis melo L.) rinds Plant Molecular Biology 66 6 647–61 April 2008 18264780 10.1007/s11103-008-9296-6 2008PMolB..66..647P 2679753 This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate (+)-γ-cadinene + diphosphate The enzyme from the melon, Cucumis melo, forms mainly δ- and γ-cadinene. References External links (+)-gamma-cadinene+synthase Biology no Category:EC 4.2.3