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{{Infobox enzyme
| Name = 10-epi-gamma-eudesmol synthase
| EC_number = 4.2.3.84
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| IUBMB_EC_number = 4/2/3/84
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'''10-epi-gamma-eudesmol synthase''' ({{EC number|4.2.3.84}}) is an [[enzyme]] with system name ''(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (10-epi-gamma-eudesmol-forming)''.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Isolation and functional characterization of a &beta;-eudesmol synthase, a new sesquiterpene synthase from <em>Zingiber zerumbet</em> Smith |author = Yu, F., Harada, H., Yamasaki, K., Okamoto, S., Hirase, S., Tanaka, Y., Misawa, N. and Utsumi, R. |journal = FEBS Lett. |year = 2008 |volume = 582 |pages = 565–572 |pmid = 18242187}}</ref> This enzyme [[catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[chemical reaction]]

: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate + H<sub>2</sub>O <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> 10-epi-gamma-eudesmol + [[diphosphate]]

The recombinant enzyme from [[ginger]] (''[[Zingiber zerumbet]]'') forms beta-eudesmol, 10-epi-gamma-eudesmol, alpha-eudesmol and aristolene. 

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{MeshName|10-epi-gamma-eudesmol+synthase}}

[[Category:EC 4.2.3]]