(Z)-gamma-bisabolene synthase

(Z)-gamma-bisabolene synthase (EC 4.2.3.40) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((Z)-gamma-bisabolene-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate (Z)-gamma-bisabolene + diphosphate
(Z)-gamma-bisabolene synthase
Identifiers
EC number4.2.3.40
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

This enzyme is expressed in the root, hydathodes and stigma of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana.

References

  1. Ro DK, Ehlting J, Keeling CI, Lin R, Mattheus N, Bohlmann J (April 2006). "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. doi:10.1016/j.abb.2005.09.019. PMID 16297850.
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