Journal of the American Chemical SocietyTerpenesBacteriaPhylogenyCarbonAlkyl and Aryl Transferases
Biosynthesis of 17-Carbon Terpenoids in Bacteria.
Yao-Tao Duan, Chi Zhang, Aikaterini Koutsaviti, Mohamed A Tammam, Maria Harizani, Vassilios Roussis, Yong Zhao, Efstathia Ioannou, Sotirios C Kampranis
Published: 202610.1021/jacs.5c15311
Abstract
Terpenoids are the largest group of specialized metabolites with broad biological activities and applications. While terpenoid biosynthesis was long thought to generate only backbones with multiples of five carbons, the discovery of bacterial 16-carb…
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