Method for producing beta-santalene
AssigneeFirmenich SA
InventorMichel Schalk
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of producing β-santalene, said method comprising contacting at least one polypeptide with farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP). In particular, said method may be carried out in vitro or in vivo to produce β-santalene, a very useful compound in the fields of perfumery and flavoring. The present invention also provides the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide useful in the method of the invention. A nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide of the invention and an expression vector containing said nucleic acid are also part of the present invention. A non-human host organism or a cell transformed to be used in the method of producing β-santalene is also an object of the present invention.
Claims7
A method for producing β-santalene comprising
- (a) contacting FPP with at least one polypeptide having a β-santalene synthase activity and comprising an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical to SEQ D NO:15;
- (b) optionally, isolating the β-santalene produced in step a).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.