(S)-beta-bisabolene synthase explained

(S)-β-bisabolene synthase
Ec Number:	4.2.3.55

(S)-β-bisabolene synthase (EC 4.2.3.55) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((S)-β-bisabolene-forming).^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

\rightleftharpoons (S)-β-bisabolene + diphosphate

The synthesis of (S)-β-macrocarpene from (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate proceeds in two steps.

Notes and References

1. Fujisawa M, Harada H, Kenmoku H, Mizutani S, Misawa N . Cloning and characterization of a novel gene that encodes (S)-beta-bisabolene synthase from ginger, Zingiber officinale . Planta . 232 . 1 . 121–30 . June 2010 . 20229191 . 10.1007/s00425-010-1137-6 . 2842560 .