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{{Infobox enzyme
| Name = (-)-gamma-cadinene synthase ((2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate cyclizing)
| EC_number = 4.2.3.62
| CAS_number = 
| IUBMB_EC_number = 4/2/3/62
| GO_code = 
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'''(-)-gamma-cadinene synthase ((2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate cyclizing)''' ({{EC number|4.2.3.62}}, ''(-)-gamma-cadinene cyclase'') is an [[enzyme]] with system name ''(2Z,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((-)-gamma-cadinene-forming)''.<ref>{{cite journal | title = ''In vitro'' biosynthesis of cadinanes by cell-free extracts of cultured cells of ''Heteroscyphus planus'' |author = Nabeta, K., Fujita, M., Komuro, K., Katayama, K., and Takasawa, T. |journal = J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 |year = 1997 |volume =  |pages = 2065–2070 |pmid = }}</ref> This enzyme [[catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[chemical reaction]]

: (2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> (-)-gamma-cadinene + [diphosphate]

This enzyme is isolated from the liverwort ''[[Heteroscyphus planus]]''.

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{MeshName|(-)-gamma-cadinene+synthase+((2Z,6E)-farnesyl+diphosphate+cyclizing)}}

[[Category:EC 4.2.3]]