::(-)-alpha-cuprenene synthase

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{{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}} (-)-alpha-cuprenene synthase (EC 4.2.3.95, Cop6) is an enzyme with system name (-)-alpha-cuprenene hydrolase (cyclizing, (-)-alpha-cuprenene-forming).<ref>{{#invoke:Citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=journal }}</ref> This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> (-)-alpha-cuprenene + diphosphate

The enzyme from the fungus Coprinopsis cinerea produces (-)-alpha-cuprenene with high selectivity.

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