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Houchao Xu1, Jeroen S Dickschat1.
Abstract
This review summarises known sesquiterpenes whose biosyntheses proceed through the intermediate germacrene A. First, the occurrence and biosynthesis of germacrene A in Nature and its peculiar chemistry will be highlighted, followed by a discussion of 6-6 and 5-7 bicyclic compounds and their more complex derivatives. For each compound the absolute configuration, if it is known, and the reasoning for its assignment is presented.Entities:
Keywords: biosynthesis; configuration determination; enzyme catalysis; germacrene A; sesquiterpenes
Year: 2020 PMID: 32442350 PMCID: PMC7821278 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002163
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chemistry ISSN: 0947-6539 Impact factor: 5.236