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Alpha-humulene synthase (EC 4.2.3.104, ZSS1) is an enzyme with systematic name (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (alpha-humulene-forming). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
(2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphateThe enzyme from Zingiber zerumbet, shampoo ginger, also gives traces of beta-caryophyllene.
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