| Literature DB >> 19445469 |
Pietro Morlacchi1, William K Wilson, Quanbo Xiong, Aparna Bhaduri, Diana Sttivend, Mariya D Kolesnikova, Seiichi P T Matsuda.
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The triterpene product profile is reported for At5g36150 (PEN3), the last unexamined oxidosqualene cyclase in the reference plant Arabidopsis thaliana. PEN3 makes tirucalla-7,24-dien-3beta-ol ( approximately 85%) and several minor products. Also discussed are the unexpectedly facile convergent evolution of another Arabidopsis tirucalladienol synthase (LUP5), mechanistic origins of the 20S configuration, and active-site remodeling necessary to accommodate the 17alpha side chain. This work marks the first completed functional characterization of all triterpene synthases in a higher plant.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19445469 DOI: 10.1021/ol9005745
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Org Lett ISSN: 1523-7052 Impact factor: 6.005