| Literature DB >> 29388775 |
Meimei Xu1, Meirong Jia1, Young J Hong2, Xihou Yin3, Dean J Tantillo2, Philip J Proteau3, Reuben J Peters1.
Abstract
Biosynthesis of the complex diterpenoid antibiotic pleuromutilin relies on a bifunctional (di)terpene synthase, and here site-directed mutagenesis was used to knockout either of the two active sites. This enabled characterization of the novel ring contracted intermediate produced by the initiating class II diterpene cyclase active site. Quantum chemical calculations further indicate the importance of reactant configuration for this intriguing ring rearrangement.Entities:
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29388775 PMCID: PMC5848098 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b00121
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Org Lett ISSN: 1523-7052 Impact factor: 6.005