(−)-gamma-cadinene synthase ((2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate cyclizing)

(−)-γ-Cadinene synthase (EC 4.2.3.62, (2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate cyclizing) ((−)-γ-cadinene cyclase) is an enzyme with the systematic name (2Z,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((−)-γ-cadinene-forming).^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction:

(2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ (−)-γ-cadinene + [diphosphate]

(−)-γ-cadinene synthase ((2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate cyclizing)
Identifiers
EC no.	4.2.3.62
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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This enzyme is isolated from the liverwort Heteroscyphus planus.