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{{Infobox enzyme
| Name = Germacrene C synthase
| EC_number = 4.2.3.60
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| IUBMB_EC_number = 4/2/3/60
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'''Germacrene C synthase''' ({{EC number|4.2.3.60}}) is an [[enzyme]] with system name ''(2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (germacrene-C-forming)''.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Germacrene C synthase from <em>Lycopersicon esculentum</em> cv. VFNT cherry tomato: cDNA isolation, characterization, and bacterial expression of the multiple  product sesquiterpene cyclase |author = Colby, S.M., Crock, J., Dowdle-Rizzo, B., Lemaux, P.G. and Croteau, R. |journal = Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA |year = 1998 |volume = 95 |pages = 2216–2221 |pmid = 9482865}}</ref> This enzyme [[catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[chemical reaction]]

: (2E,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> germacrene C + [[diphosphate]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{MeshName|Germacrene+C+synthase}}

[[Category:EC 4.2.3]]