TERPENE SYNTHASE PRODUCING PATCHOULOL AND ELEMOL， AND PREFERABLY ALSO POGOSTOL

The invention is directed to a patchoulol synthase， to a nucleic acid encoding said patchoulol synthase， to an expression vector comprising said nucleic acid， to a host cell comprising said expression vector， to a method of preparing patchoulol and elemol， and preferably also pogostol， and to a method of preparing a patchoulol synthase. The invention is directed to a patchoulol synthase， to a nucleic acid encoding said patchoulol synthase， to an expression vector comprising said nucleic acid， to a host cell comprising said expression vector， to a method of preparing patchoulol and elemol， and preferably also pogostol， and to a method of preparing a patchoulol synthase.