Requires Mg2+. In Aquilaria crassna three clones of the enzyme gave about 80% delta-guaiene and 20% alpha-guaiene (see also EC 4.2.3.87). A fourth clone gave 54% delta-guaiene and 45% alpha-guaiene [2].
The enzyme from Pogostemon cablin gives 13% delta-guaiene as well as 37% (-)-patchoulol (see EC 4.2.3.70), 13% alpha-guaiene (see EC 4.2.3.87), and traces of at least ten other sesquiterpenoids [1].