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(+)-beta-pinene synthase

(+)-β-Pinene synthase (EC 4.2.3.122, (+)-pinene cyclase, cyclase III) is an enzyme with systematic name geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase [(+)-β-pinene-forming].^[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

geranyl diphosphate ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ (+)-β-pinene + diphosphate

Cyclase III from Salvia officinalis (sage) gives roughly equal parts of (+)-β-pinene and (+)-α-pinene.

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• (+)-beta-pinene+synthase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)