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{{Infobox enzyme
| Name = Alpha-copaene synthase
| EC_number = 4.2.3.133
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| IUBMB_EC_number = 4/2/3/133
| GO_code = 
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'''Alpha-copaene synthase''' ({{EC number|4.2.3.133}}) is an [[enzyme]] with system name ''(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, alpha-copaene-forming)''.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Identification, functional characterization and developmental regulation of sesquiterpene synthases from sunflower capitate glandular trichomes |author = Gopfert, J.C., Macnevin, G., Ro, D.K. and Spring, O. |journal = BMC Plant Biol. |year = 2009 |volume = 9 |pages = #86-86 |pmid = 19580670}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = Functional characterization of four sesquiterpene synthases from <em>Ricinus communis</em> (castor bean) |author = Xie, X., Kirby, J. and Keasling, J.D. |journal = Phytochemistry |year = 2012 |volume = 78 |pages = 20–28 |pmid = 22459969}}</ref> This enzyme [[catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[chemical reaction]]

: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> (-)-[[alpha-copaene]] + [[diphosphate]]

This enzyme is isolated from ''[[Helianthus annuus]]'' ([[sunflower]]). 

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{MeshName|Alpha-copaene+synthase}}

[[Category:EC 4.2.3]]