ID   4.2.3.227
DE   (-)-alpha-cedrene synthase.
CA   (2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate = (-)-alpha-cedrene + diphosphate.
CC   -!- The enzyme occurs in plants.
CC   -!- The initial cyclization product is a (7R)-beta-bisabolyl cation.
CC   -!- (-)-alpha-cedrene is one of the major products.
CC   -!- Other products are (+)-2-epi-prezizaene (cf. EC 4.2.3.226), small
CC       amounts of (+)-beta-curcumene, and other sesquiterpenes with less
CC       than 10% yield.
CC   -!- The enzyme from Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco) also catalyzes the
CC       reaction of EC 4.2.3.61.
DR   Q40577, 5EAS_TOBAC ;
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