(S)-beta-macrocarpene synthase

(S)-β-macrocarpene synthase (EC 5.5.1.17, TPS6, TPS11) is an enzyme with systematic name (S)-β-macrocarpene lyase (decyclizing).^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(S)-β-bisabolene ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ (S)-β-macrocarpene

(S)-β-Macrocarpene synthase
Identifiers
EC no.	5.5.1.17
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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The synthesis of (S)-beta-macrocarpene from (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate proceeds in two steps.