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{{Infobox enzyme
| Name = (+)-cubenene synthase
| EC_number = 4.2.3.63
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| IUBMB_EC_number = 4/2/3/63
| GO_code = 
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'''(+)-cubenene synthase''' ({{EC number|4.2.3.63}}) is an [[enzyme]] with system name ''(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase ((+)-cubenene-forming)''.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Bioynthesis of (+)-cubenene and (+)-epicubenol by cell-free extracts of cultured cells of ''Heteroscyphus planus'' and cyclization of [<sup>2</sup>H]farnesyl diphosphates |author = Nabeta, K., Kigure, K., Fujita, M., Nagoya, T., Ishikawa, T., Okuyama, H. and Takasawa, T. |journal = J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 |year = 1995 |volume =  |pages = 1935–1939 |pmid = }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = ''In vitro'' biosynthesis of cadinanes by cell-free extracts of cultured cells of ''Heteroscyphus planus'' |author = Nabeta, K., Fujita, M., Komuro, K., Katayama, K., and Takasawa, T. |journal = J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 |year = 1997 |volume =  |pages = 2065–2070 |pmid = }}</ref> This enzyme [[catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[chemical reaction]]

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

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

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

[[Category:EC 4.2.3]]