Stability trends in carbocation intermediates stemming from germacrene A and hedycaryol

• Naziha Tarannam,
• Prashant Kumar Gupta,
• Shani Zev and
• Dan Thomas Major

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1189–1197, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.101

• insecticidal activities [11], and are bio-fuel alternatives [12][13]. Sesquiterpene synthase can convert FPP to various terpenoids via different initial cyclization processes: 1,6-cyclization to yield the bisabolyl cation, 1,7-cyclization to form the cycloheptanyl cation, 1,10-cyclization lead to the

Discovery and biosynthesis of bacterial drimane-type sesquiterpenoids from Streptomyces clavuligerus

• Dongxu Zhang,
• Wenyu Du,
• Xingming Pan,
• Xiaoxu Lin,
• Fang-Ru Li,
• Qingling Wang,
• Qian Yang,
• Hui-Min Xu and
• Liao-Bin Dong

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 815–822, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.73

• SsDMS, including a conserved “DXDD” motif, indicating its potential as a class II sesquiterpene synthase (Figure S8, Supporting Information File 1) [20]. Further analysis of adjacent genes revealed a Nudix hydrolase located upstream of the putative DMS, similar to the reported situation with SsDMS [19

Emission and biosynthesis of volatile terpenoids from the plasmodial slime mold Physarum polycephalum

• Xinlu Chen,
• Tobias G. Köllner,
• Wangdan Xiong,
• Guo Wei and
• Feng Chen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2872–2880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.281

• 28–73% of sequence identities. Full-length cDNAs for the four TPS genes were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli to produce recombinant proteins, which were tested for sesquiterpene synthase and monoterpene synthase activities. While neither PpolyTPS2 nor PpolyTPS3 was active, PpolyTPS1 and

• terpene profiles (Figure 1). Four TPS genes, designated PpolyTPS1–PpolyTPS4, were identified from P. polycephalum. When E. coli-expressed PpolyTPS proteins were tested for terpene synthase activities, PpolyTPS1 was demonstrated to be a sesquiterpene synthase and PpolyTPS4 a monoterpene synthase (Figure 3

Nanangenines: drimane sesquiterpenoids as the dominant metabolite cohort of a novel Australian fungus, Aspergillus nanangensis

• Heather J. Lacey,
• Cameron L. M. Gilchrist,
• Andrew Crombie,
• John A. Kalaitzis,
• Daniel Vuong,
• Peter J. Rutledge,
• Peter Turner,
• John I. Pitt,
• Ernest Lacey,
• Yit-Heng Chooi and
• Andrew M. Piggott

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2631–2643, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.256

• [30]. Therefore, the drimane synthase is likely to be different from the commonly observed sesquiterpene synthase, which belongs to the class I terpene synthases. Recently, the drimane synthase AstC involved in biosynthesis of the astellolides was identified and shown to be a novel member of the

Current understanding and biotechnological application of the bacterial diterpene synthase CotB2

• Ronja Driller,
• Daniel Garbe,
• Norbert Mehlmer,
• Monika Fuchs,
• Keren Raz,
• Dan Thomas Major,
• Thomas Brück and
• Bernhard Loll

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2355–2368, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.228

• sesquiterpene synthase pentalenene synthase leads to a product mixture [64], whereas mutation of W273 in the plant-derived epi-aristolochene synthase resulted in total loss of enzymatic function [65]. Consequently, the aromatic character of the side chain in the WXXXXXRY motif is important for the propagation

Harnessing enzyme plasticity for the synthesis of oxygenated sesquiterpenoids

• Melodi Demiray,
• David J. Miller and
• Rudolf K. Allemann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2184–2190, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.215

• properties and are used to treat epilepsy [27][28]. This array of important compounds shows the potential of generating novel sesquiterpenoids with desirable bio-properties. ADS is a high fidelity sesquiterpene synthase that produces almost exclusively a single product. Its active site plasticity

Genome mining in Trichoderma viride J1-030: discovery and identification of novel sesquiterpene synthase and its products

• Xiang Sun,
• You-Sheng Cai,
• Yujie Yuan,
• Guangkai Bian,
• Ziling Ye,
• Zixin Deng and
• Tiangang Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2052–2058, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.202

• synthases in Trichoderma viride have been seldom studied, despite the efficiency of filamentous fungi for terpenoid production. Using the farnesyl diphosphate-overexpressing Saccharomyces cerevisiae platform to produce diverse terpenoids, we herein identified an unknown sesquiterpene synthase from T. viride

• by genome mining and determined the structure of its corresponding products. One new 5/6 bicyclic sesquiterpene and its esterified derivative were characterised by GC–MS and 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first well-identified sesquiterpene synthase from T

• . viride to date. Keywords: genome mining; metabolic engineering; natural products; sesquiterpene synthase; terpenes; Trichoderma viride J1-030; Introduction Terpenoids represent the most diverse group of natural products, with a wide distribution in microorganisms, plants, insects and various marine

Bipolenins K–N: New sesquiterpenoids from the fungal plant pathogen Bipolaris sorokiniana

• Chin-Soon Phan,
• Hang Li,
• Simon Kessler,
• Peter S. Solomon,
• Andrew M. Piggott and
• Yit-Heng Chooi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2020–2028, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.198

• COCSADRAFT_31812, COCSADRAFT_346586, COCSADRAFT_83129 and COCSADRAFT_26102 annotated in the published genome B. sorokiniana ND90Pr in GenBank. However, it is difficult to determine which sesquiterpene synthase is responsible for biosynthesis of the sativene-type sesquiterpene backbone at this stage. The

• putative sesquiterpene synthase genes in the genome of B. sorokiniana BRIP10943, allowing the molecular genetic basis for their biosynthesis and their roles in mediating the virulence of B. sorokiniana against wheat to be explored. Experimental General experimental procedures Optical rotations were

New terpenoids from the fermentation broth of the edible mushroom Cyclocybe aegerita

• Frank Surup,
• Florian Hennicke,
• Nadine Sella,
• Maria Stroot,
• Steffen Bernecker,
• Sebastian Pfütze,
• Marc Stadler and
• Martin Rühl

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1000–1007, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.98

• of C. aegerita [16], two putative sesquiterpene synthase gene clusters have been identified on the basis of the published Δ6-protoilludene gene cluster of Omphalotus olearius [17]. The protein sequences of the genes clustering adjacent to the putative sesquiterpene synthase genes going by the gene

• putative sesquiterpene synthase gene with the gene ID AAE3_04120 was upregulated with a maximum of transcripts at day 7 of cultivation. The second gene with the gene ID AAE3_10454 showed a more slight increase expression peaking at day 11 and day 14. The peak area of 1 in the supernatant increased until

• provided by the putative sesquiterpene synthase AAE3_04120. Combining these indications, an enzymatic cascade coded by the AAE3_04120 cluster is transforming Δ6-protoilludene into illudine(s) and the corresponding bovistol in C. aegerita (Figure S2, Supporting Information File 1). Further research has to

Volatiles from three genome sequenced fungi from the genus Aspergillus

• Jeroen S. Dickschat,
• Ersin Celik and
• Nelson L. Brock

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 900–910, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.77

• I TSs (349DEFME and 847NDYGSLARD). Furthermore, two groups of structurally and biosynthetically related sesquiterpenes were found that could each arise from one sesquiterpene synthase (STS). The first of these groups comprised the main compound α-acoradiene (15), accompanied by minor amounts of β

18-Hydroxydolabella-3,7-diene synthase – a diterpene synthase from Chitinophaga pinensis

• Jeroen S. Dickschat,
• Jan Rinkel,
• Patrick Rabe,
• Arman Beyraghdar Kashkooli and
• Harro J. Bouwmeester

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1770–1780, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.171

• production of volatile terpenes by this bacterium that can be detected in headspace extracts [17][18]. In one of these previous reports [17] we have described a terpene synthase from Chitinophaga pinensis DSM 2588 (accession number WP_012789469) as a sesquiterpene synthase for germacrene A (1), which was