METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALPHA- SANTALENE
The present invention provides a method of producing a-santalene, said method comprising contacting at least one polypeptide with farnesyl phyrophosphate (FPP). In particular, said method may be carried out in vitro or in vivo to produce a-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 a-santalene is also an object of the present invention.