| Literature DB >> 17447772 |
Joseph A Chemler1, Yajun Yan, Effendi Leonard, Mattheos A G Koffas.
Abstract
Flavonoids are plant secondary metabolites often used as nutraceutical supplements, but a growing number of unnatural flavonoids are being investigated as therapeutic agents. Cultures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing recombinant flavonoid enzymes, including 4-coumaroyl:CoA ligase (4CL), chalcone synthase (CHS), chalcone isomerase (CHI), and flavanone 3beta-hydroxylase (FHT), produced novel flavanones and dihydroflavonols when fed with a number of aromatic acrylic acids. The flavonoid network also exhibited broad substrate specificity by converting muconic acid into a unique polypropanoid.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17447772 DOI: 10.1021/ol0703736
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Org Lett ISSN: 1523-7052 Impact factor: 6.005