A method of producing β-santalene by contacting at least one polypeptide with farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP). This 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 the nucleic acid are also disclosed, along with a non-human host organism or a cell transformed to be used in the method of producing β-santalene.
一种通过将至少一种
多肽与
法尼醇焦磷酸酯(FPP)接触来生产β-
桉烷的方法。该方法可以在体外或体内进行,以生产β-
桉烷,这是
香料和调味领域非常有用的化合物。本发明还提供了一种在本发明方法中有用的
多肽的
氨基酸序列。本发明还公开了编码本发明
多肽的核酸和含有该核酸的表达载体,以及用于生产β-
桉烷的非人类宿主
生物或转化的细胞的方法。