Abstract: The present invention relates to a 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.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 15, 2010
Publication date:
March 13, 2014
Applicant:
Isobionics B.V.
Inventors:
Jihane Achkar, Theodorus Sonke, Martinus Julius Beekwilder, Hendrik Jan Bouwmeester, Hendrik Jan Bosch