The cloned enzyme from the melon, Cucumis melo, gave mainly delta- and gamma-cadinene with traces of several other sesquiterpenoids cf. EC 4.2.3.62 (-)-gamma-cadinene synthase [(2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate cyclizing]; EC 4.2.3.13 (+)-delta-cadinene synthase.
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The enzyme appears in viruses and cellular organisms
The cloned enzyme from the melon, Cucumis melo, gave mainly delta- and gamma-cadinene with traces of several other sesquiterpenoids cf. EC 4.2.3.62 (-)-gamma-cadinene synthase [(2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate cyclizing]; EC 4.2.3.13 (+)-delta-cadinene synthase.
the recombinant enzyme catalyzes the formation of three sesquiterpenes from farnesyl diphosphate: delta-cadinene, gamma-cadinene and lower levels of alpha-copaene
Iijima, Y.; Davidovich-Rikanati, R.; Fridman, E.; Gang, D.; Bar, E.; Lewinsohn, E.; Pichersky, E.
The biochemical and molecular basis for the divergent patterns in the biosynthesis of terpenes and phenylpropenes in the peltate glands of three cultivars of basil