Alpha-humulene_synthase

Alpha-humulene synthase

Alpha-humulene synthase

Class of enzymes

α-Humulene synthase (EC 4.2.3.104,ZSS1) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (α-humulene-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction:

(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate α-humulene + diphosphate
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The enzyme from Zingiber zerumbet, shampoo ginger, also gives traces of β-caryophyllene.

References

  1. [1]
    Yu F, Okamto S, Nakasone K, Adachi K, Matsuda S, Harada H, Misawa N, Utsumi R (May 2008). "Molecular cloning and functional characterization of α-humulene synthase, a possible key enzyme of zerumbone biosynthesis in shampoo ginger (Zingiber zerumbet Smith)". Planta. 227 (6): 1291–9. doi:10.1007/s00425-008-0700-x. PMID 18273640. S2CID 21079702.
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