Description
The cloned enzyme from the melon, Cucumis melo, gave mainly Δ- and γ-cadinene with traces of several other sesquiterpenoids cf. EC 4.2.3.62 (-)-γ-cadinene synthase [(2Z,6E)-farnesyl diphosphate cyclizing]; EC 4.2.3.13 (+)-Δ-cadinene synthase