| Literature DB >> 30426646 |
Jan Rinkel1, Lukas Lauterbach1, Jeroen S Dickschat1.
Abstract
A diterpene synthase from Saccharopolyspora spinosa was found to convert geranylgeranyl diphosphate into the new natural products spinodiene A and B, accompanied by 2,7,18-dolabellatriene. The structures and the formation mechanism of the enzyme products were investigated by extensive isotopic labelling experiments, which revealed an unusual branched isomerisation mechanism towards the neutral intermediate 2,7,18-dolabellatriene. A Diels-Alder reaction was used to convert the main diterpene product with its rare conjugated diene moiety into formal sesterterpene alcohols.Entities:
Keywords: NMR spectroscopy; biosynthesis; enzyme mechanisms; isotopes; terpenes
Year: 2018 PMID: 30426646 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201812216
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Angew Chem Int Ed Engl ISSN: 1433-7851 Impact factor: 15.336