4.2.3.46: alpha-farnesene synthase
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Synonyms
(E,E)-alpha-farnesene synthase, AdAFS1, AFS, AFS-1, AFS1, alpha farnesene synthase 1, alpha-farnesene synthase, alpha-farnesene synthase-1, E,E-alpha-farnesene synthase, MdAFS1, sesquiterpene synthase, TPS02, TPS03, TPS2, Tps7
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General Information on EC 4.2.3.46 - alpha-farnesene synthase
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physiological function
differences in the relative emissions of (E)-beta-ocimene and (E,E)-alpha-farnesene from accession Wassilewskija, a high-(E)-beta-ocimene emitter, and accession Columbia, a trace-(E)-beta-ocimene emitter, are attributed to allelic variation of closely related, tandem-duplicated terpene synthase genes, TPS02 and TPS03. The Wassilewskija genome contains a functional allele of TPS02 but not of TPS03, while the opposite is the case for Columbia. Recombinant proteins of the functional Wassilewskija TPS02 and Columbia TPS03 genes both show (E)-beta-ocimene and (E,E)-alpha-farnesene synthase activities. Differential subcellular compartmentalization of the two enzymes in plastids and the cytosol is responsible for the ecotype-specific differences in (E)-beta-ocimene/(E,E)-alpha-farnesene emission
physiological function
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the enzyme contributes to the resistance of soybean to Soybean cyst nematodes and is involved in synthesizing insect-induced volatiles