Biology:Alpha-bisabolene synthase

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α-isabolene synthase
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EC number4.2.3.38
Databases
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BRENDABRENDA entry
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MetaCycmetabolic pathway
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PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

α-Bisabolene synthase (EC 4.2.3.38, bisabolene synthase) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((E)-α-bisabolene-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] (E)-α-bisabolene + diphosphate

This synthase requires a divalent cation cofactor (Mg2+ or, to a lesser extent, Mn2+) to neutralize the negative charge of the diphosphate leaving group.

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