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{{Infobox enzyme
| Name = (Z)-gamma-bisabolene synthase
| EC_number = 4.2.3.40
| CAS_number = 
| IUBMB_EC_number = 4/2/3/40
| GO_code = 
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'''(Z)-gamma-bisabolene synthase''' ({{EC number|4.2.3.40}}) is an [[enzyme]] with system name ''(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((Z)-gamma-bisabolene-forming)''.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Microarray expression profiling and functional characterization of AtTPS genes: duplicated <em>Arabidopsis thaliana</em> sesquiterpene synthase genes  At4g13280 and At4g13300 encode root-specific and wound-inducible  (<em>Z</em>)-&gamma;-bisabolene synthases |author = Ro, D.K., Ehlting, J., Keeling, C.I., Lin, R., Mattheus, N. and Bohlmann, J. |journal = Arch. Biochem. Biophys. |year = 2006 |volume = 448 |pages = 104–116 |pmid = 16297850}}</ref> This enzyme [[catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[chemical reaction]]

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

This enzyme is expressed in the root, [[hydathode]]s and stigma of the plant ''[[Arabidopsis thaliana]]''. 

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{MeshName|(Z)-gamma-bisabolene+synthase}}

[[Category:EC 4.2.3]]