Description
Requires Mg2+. The enzyme from Tanacetum vulgare (tansy) can also use (3S)-linalyl diphosphate or more slowly neryl diphosphate in vitro. The reaction proceeds via isomeration of geranyl diphosphate to (3S)-linalyl diphosphate. The oxygen and phosphorus originally linked to C-1 of geranyl diphosphate end up linked to C-2 of (–)-bornyl diphosphate. cf. EC 5.5.1.8 (+)-bornyl diphosphate synthase