(3R,6E)-nerolidol synthase

(3R,6E)-nerolidol synthase (EC 4.2.3.49, terpene synthase 1) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((3R,6E)-nerolidol-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(3R,6E)-nerolidol synthase
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EC no.4.2.3.49
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(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + H2O (3R,6E)-nerolidol + diphosphate

The enzyme catalyses a step in the formation of (3E)-4,8-dimethylnona-1,3,7-triene.

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  1. ^ Schnee C, Köllner TG, Gershenzon J, Degenhardt J (December 2002). "The maize gene terpene synthase 1 encodes a sesquiterpene synthase catalyzing the formation of (E)-β-farnesene, (E)-nerolidol, and (E,E)-farnesol after herbivore damage". Plant Physiology. 130 (4): 2049–60. doi:10.1104/pp.008326. PMC 166716. PMID 12481088.
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