(Z)-gamma-bisabolene synthase explained

(Z)-γ-bisabolene synthase
Ec Number:	4.2.3.40

(Z)-γ-bisabolene synthase (EC 4.2.3.40) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((Z)-γ-bisabolene-forming).^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate

\rightleftharpoons (Z)-γ-bisabolene + diphosphate

This enzyme is expressed in the root, hydathodes and stigma of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana.

Notes and References

1. Ro DK, Ehlting J, Keeling CI, Lin R, Mattheus N, Bohlmann J . Microarray expression profiling and functional characterization of AtTPS genes: duplicated Arabidopsis thaliana sesquiterpene synthase genes At4g13280 and At4g13300 encode root-specific and wound-inducible (Z)-gamma-bisabolene synthases . Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics . 448 . 1–2 . 104–16 . April 2006 . 16297850 . 10.1016/j.abb.2005.09.019 .