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{{Infobox enzyme
| Name = Alpha-farnesene synthase
| EC_number = 4.2.3.46
| CAS_number = 
| IUBMB_EC_number = 4/2/3/46
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'''Alpha-farnesene synthase''' ({{EC number|4.2.3.46}}, ''(E,E)-alpha-farnesene synthase'', ''AFS1'', ''MdAFS1'') is an [[enzyme]] with system name ''(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate lyase ((3E,6E)-alpha-farnesene-forming)''.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Cloning and functional expression of an (<em>E</em>,<em>E</em>)-&alpha;-farnesene synthase cDNA from peel tissue of apple fruit |author = Pechous, S.W. and Whitaker, B.D. |journal = Planta |year = 2004 |volume = 219 |pages = 84–94 |pmid = 14740213}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = Defining the potassium binding region in an apple terpene synthase |author = Green, S., Squire, C.J., Nieuwenhuizen, N.J., Baker, E.N. and Laing, W. |journal = J. Biol. Chem. |year = 2009 |volume = 284 |pages = 8661–8669 |pmid = 19181671}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = Two terpene synthases are responsible for the major sesquiterpenes emitted from the flowers of kiwifruit (<em>Actinidia deliciosa</em>) |author = Nieuwenhuizen, N.J., Wang, M.Y., Matich, A.J., Green, S.A., Chen, X., Yauk, Y.K., Beuning, L.L., Nagegowda, D.A., Dudareva, N. and Atkinson, R.G. |journal = J. Exp. Bot. |year = 2009 |volume = 60 |pages = 3203–3219 |pmid = 19516075}}</ref> This enzyme [[catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[chemical reaction]]

: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> (3E,6E)-alpha-farnesene + [[diphosphate]]

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

[[Category:EC 4.2.3]]