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Terretonin Biosynthesis Requires Methylation as Essential Step for Cyclization

2012; Wiley; Volume: 13; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/cbic.201200369

1439-7633

Yudai Matsuda, Takayoshi Awakawa, Takayuki Itoh, Toshiyuki Wakimoto, Tetsuo Kushiro, Isao Fujii, Yutaka Ebizuka, Ikuro Abe,

Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis

Unexpected methylation: Terretonin is a fungal meroterpenoid derived from 3,5-dimethylorsellinic acid (DMOA). Trt1 is a terpene cyclase involved in terretonin biosynthesis and only accepts the methylated compound as a substrate to produce the cyclized product. Methylation is a common requirement for the cyclization steps in DMOA-derived meroterpenoid biosynthesis. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.