In enzymology, a pinene synthase (EC 4.2.3.14) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, geranyl diphosphate, and two products, pinene and diphosphate.
The systematic name of this enzyme class is geranyl-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (cyclizing, pinene-forming).
Other names in common use include beta-geraniolene synthase, (−)-(1S,5S)-pinene synthase, and geranyldiphosphate diphosphate lyase (pinene forming).
This enzyme participates in monoterpenoid biosynthesis.
This EC 4.2 enzyme-related article is a stub.