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{{Infobox enzyme
| Name       = (−)-γ-cadinene synthase ((2''Z'',6''E'')-farnesyl diphosphate cyclizing)
| EC_number  = 4.2.3.62
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'''(−)-γ-Cadinene synthase (EC 4.2.3.62, (2''Z'',6''E'')-farnesyl diphosphate cyclizing)''' ('''(−)-γ-cadinene cyclase''') is an [[Biology:Enzyme|enzyme]] with the [[Biology:List of enzymes|systematic name]] '''(2''Z'',6''E'')-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((−)-γ-cadinene-forming)'''.<ref>{{cite journal | title = ''In vitro'' biosynthesis of cadinanes by cell-free extracts of cultured cells of ''Heteroscyphus planus'' | vauthors = Nabeta K, Fujita M, Komuro K, Katayama K, Takasawa T |journal = J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 |year = 1997 | issue = 14 |pages = 2065–2070 | doi = 10.1039/a701145h }}</ref> This enzyme [[Chemistry:Catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[Chemistry:Chemical reaction|chemical reaction]]:

: (2''Z'',6''E'')-farnesyl diphosphate <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> (−)-γ-cadinene + [diphosphate]

This enzyme is isolated from the liverwort ''Heteroscyphus planus''.

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== External links ==
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{{Carbon-oxygen lyases}}
{{Enzymes}}

[[Category:EC 4.2.3]]

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