(''S'')-β-bisabolene synthase (EC 4.2.3.55) is an
enzyme
Enzymes () are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrate (chemistry), substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different molecule ...
with
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A semisystematic name or semitrivial ...
(2''E'',6''E'')-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((''S'')-β-bisabolene-forming).
This enzyme
catalyses the following
chemical reaction
A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another. Classically, chemical reactions encompass changes that only involve the positions of electrons in the forming and break ...
:
(2''E'',6''E'')-farnesyl diphosphate (''S'')-β-bisabolene +
diphosphate
In chemistry, pyrophosphates are phosphorus oxyanions that contain two phosphorus atoms in a P–O–P linkage. A number of pyrophosphate salts exist, such as disodium pyrophosphate (Na2H2P2O7) and tetrasodium pyrophosphate (Na4P2O7), among o ...
The synthesis of (''S'')-β-macrocarpene from (2''E'',6''E'')-farnesyl diphosphate proceeds in two steps.
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EC 4.2.3