α-Longipinene synthase (EC 4.2.3.80) is an
enzyme with
systematic name (2''E'',6''E'')-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (α-longipinene-forming).
This enzyme
catalyses the following
chemical reaction
: (2''E'',6''E'')-farnesyl diphosphate
α-longipinene +
diphosphate
The enzyme from ''
Norway spruce
''Picea abies'', the Norway spruce or European spruce, is a species of spruce native to Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
It has branchlets that typically hang downwards, and the largest cones of any spruce, 9–17 cm long. It is very close ...
'' produces
longifolene
Longifolene is the common (or trivial) chemical name of a naturally occurring, oily liquid hydrocarbon found primarily in the high-boiling fraction of certain pine resins. The name is derived from that of a pine species from which the compound wa ...
as the main product.
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