VALENCENE SYNTHASE

摘要

The present invention relates to a novel valencene synthase, to a nucleic acid encoding such valencene synthase, to a host cell comprising said encoding nucleic acid sequence and to a method for preparing valencene, comprising converting farnesyl diphosphate to valencene in the presence of a valencene synthase according to the invention.

主权项

1. Valencene synthase, which valence synthase has an increased productivity towards the conversion of farnesyl diphosphate into valencene (expressed as molar amount of valencene formed per hour) compared to a valencene synthase represented by SEQ ID NO: 2, or which valencene synthase comprises an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 3 provided that at least one position marked ‘X’ in SEQ ID NO: 3 is different from the corresponding position in SEQ ID NO: 2.