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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2014
Firmenich SA, Geneva, CH;
Michel Schalk, Collonges-sous-Saleve, FR;
Fabienne Deguerry, Geneva, CH;
FIRMENICH SA, Geneva, CH;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of producing patchoulol and 7-epi-α-selinene, said method comprising contacting at least one polypeptide with famesyl phyrophosphate (FPP). In particular, said method may be carried out in vitro or in vivo to produce patchoulol and 7-epi-α-seline, compounds which can be useful in the field of perfumery. The present invention also provides the amino acid sequence of 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 patchoul and 7-epi-α-selinene is also an object of the present invention.