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{{Infobox enzyme
| Name = (-)-sabinene synthase
| EC_number = 4.2.3.109
| CAS_number = 
| IUBMB_EC_number = 4/2/3/109
| GO_code = 
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'''(-)-sabinene synthase''' ({{EC number|4.2.3.109}}) is an [[enzyme]] with system name ''geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, (-)-sabinene-forming)''.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Monoterpene synthases of <em>Pinus contorta</em> and related conifers. A new class of terpenoid cyclase |author = Savage, T.J., Hatch, M.W. and Croteau, R. |journal = J. Biol. Chem. |year = 1994 |volume = 269 |pages = 4012–4020 |pmid = 8307957}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = Alternative termination chemistries utilized by monoterpene cyclases: chimeric analysis of bornyl diphosphate, 1,8-cineole, and sabinene synthases |author = Peters, R.J. and Croteau, R.B. |journal = Arch. Biochem. Biophys. |year = 2003 |volume = 417 |pages = 203–211 |pmid = 12941302}}</ref> This enzyme [[catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[chemical reaction]]

: [[geranyl diphosphate]] <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> (-)-[[sabinene]] + [[diphosphate]]

This enzyme requires Mg<sup>2+</sup>. 

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{MeshName|(-)-sabinene+synthase}}

[[Category:EC 4.2.3]]