Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase-mediated tailoring of triterpenoids and steroids in plants

• Karan Malhotra and
• Jakob Franke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1289–1310, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.135

• celastrol, a potent anti-obesity metabolite [42][43]. In two independent studies, transcriptome mining and functional studies in Nicotiana benthamiana were used to identify the CYPs CYP712K1, CYP712K2, CYP712K3, and CYP712K4 capable of oxidising friedelin (8) into polpunonic acid via an aldehyde

• increasing availability of high-quality transcriptome and genome data even of non-model plants together with reliable and efficient expression systems in yeast and in Nicotiana benthamiana will facilitate future approaches to fully harness the diversity of triterpenoids and steroids found in plants. In

18-Hydroxydolabella-3,7-diene synthase – a diterpene synthase from Chitinophaga pinensis

• Jeroen S. Dickschat,
• Jan Rinkel,
• Patrick Rabe,
• Arman Beyraghdar Kashkooli and
• Harro J. Bouwmeester

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1770–1780, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.171

• reaction were addressed by isotopic labelling experiments. Heterologous expression of the diterpene synthase in Nicotiana benthamiana resulted in the production of 18-hydroxydolabella-3,7-diene also in planta, while the results from the heterologous expression in E. coli were shown to be reproducible

• , revealing that the expression of one and the same terpene synthase in different heterologous hosts may yield different terpene products. Keywords: biosynthesis; Chitinophaga pinensis; Nicotiana benthamiana; structure elucidation; terpenes; Introduction Terpene synthases convert a handful of simple linear

• this enzyme in in vitro experiments and the first heterologous expression of a bacterial terpene synthase gene in a plant, Nicotiana benthamiana. Results and Discussion Characterisation of a diterpene synthase from Chitinophaga pinensis in vitro The terpene synthase from C. pinensis was heterologously