Unusual (2R,6R)-bicyclo[3.1.1]heptane ring construction in fungal α-trans-bergamotene biosynthesis

Agrocybe aegerita Serves As a Gateway for Identifying Sesquiterpene Biosynthetic Enzymes in Higher Fungi

(2020) Congqiang Zhang et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

Direct Identification of α-Bisabolol Enantiomers in an Essential Oil Using a Combined Ion Mobility–Mass Spectrometry/Quantum Chemistry Approach

(2020) Erik Laurini et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS

Whole genome sequencing resource of the European Larch Canker pathogen Lachnellula willkommii for molecular diagnostic marker development

(2020) Emily Giroux et al.   PHYTOPATHOLOGY

Discovery of the cryptic function of terpene cyclases as aromatic prenyltransferases

(2020) Haibing He et al.   Nature Communications

Odorant Receptors for Detecting Flowering Plant Cues Are Functionally Conserved across Moths and Butterflies

(2020) Mengbo Guo et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

(3R,6E)-nerolidol, a fertility-related volatile secreted by the queens of higher termites (Termitidae: Syntermitinae)

(2019) Jana Havlíčková et al.   ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG SECTION C-A JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES

Complexity and Diversity Generation in the Biosynthesis of Fumiquinazoline-Related Peptidyl Alkaloids

(2019) Daojiang Yan et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Mechanistic Studies on Trichoacorenol Synthase from Amycolatopsis benzoatilytica

(2019) Jan Rinkel et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Identification and characterization of (+)-α-bisabolol and 7-epi-silphiperfol-5-ene synthases from Artemisia abrotanum

(2019) Paskorn Muangphrom et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

CDD/SPARCLE: the conserved domain database in 2020

(2019) Shennan Lu et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

SWISS-MODEL: homology modelling of protein structures and complexes

(2018) Andrew Waterhouse et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Metabolic Engineering-Based Rapid Characterization of a Sesquiterpene Cyclase and the Skeletons of Fusariumdiene and Fusagramineol from Fusarium graminearum

(2018) Guangkai Bian et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Resistance-gene-directed discovery of a natural-product herbicide with a new mode of action

(2018) Yan Yan et al.   NATURE

Purpurolide A, 5/5/5 Spirocyclic Sesquiterpene Lactone in Nature from the Endophytic Fungus Penicillium purpurogenum

(2018) Ya-Nan Wang et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

PIG3 promotes NSCLC cell mitotic progression and is associated with poor prognosis of NSCLC patients

(2017) Ming Li et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH

Releasing the potential power of terpene synthases by a robust precursor supply platform

(2017) Guangkai Bian et al.   METABOLIC ENGINEERING

SAM-dependent enzyme-catalysed pericyclic reactions in natural product biosynthesis

(2017) Masao Ohashi et al.   NATURE

antiSMASH 4.0—improvements in chemistry prediction and gene cluster boundary identification

(2017) Kai Blin et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Bergamotane Sesquiterpenes with Alpha-Glucosidase Inhibitory Activity from the Plant Pathogenic Fungus Penicillium expansum

(2016) You-Min Ying et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY

MEGA7: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 7.0 for Bigger Datasets

(2016) Sudhir Kumar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A gapless genome sequence of the fungusBotrytis cinerea

(2016) Jan A. L. Van Kan et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

Nerolidol: A Sesquiterpene Alcohol with Multi-Faceted Pharmacological and Biological Activities

(2016) Weng-Keong Chan et al.   MOLECULES

Functional Analysis of Amorpha-4,11-Diene Synthase (ADS) Homologs from Non-Artemisinin-ProducingArtemisiaSpecies: The Discovery of Novel Koidzumiol and (+)-α-Bisabolol Synthases

(2016) Paskorn Muangphrom et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Chemical Control in the Battle against Fidelity in Promiscuous Natural Product Biosynthesis: The Case of Trichodiene Synthase

(2016) Mudit Dixit et al.   ACS Catalysis

Identification of a Fungal 1,8-Cineole Synthase fromHypoxylonsp. with Specificity Determinants in Common with the Plant Synthases

(2015) Jeffrey J. Shaw et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Chemical diversity of microbial volatiles and their potential for plant growth and productivity

(2015) Chidananda Nagamangala Kanchiswamy et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Traversing the fungal terpenome

(2014) Maureen B. Quin et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Genetic Dissection of Sesquiterpene Biosynthesis byFusarium fujikuroi

(2013) Nelson L. Brock et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

The Fumagillin Biosynthetic Gene Cluster in Aspergillus fumigatus Encodes a Cryptic Terpene Cyclase Involved in the Formation of β-trans-Bergamotene

(2013) Hsiao-Ching Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Draft Genome of Omphalotus olearius Provides a Predictive Framework for Sesquiterpenoid Natural Product Biosynthesis in Basidiomycota

(2012) Grayson T. Wawrzyn et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

Revisiting sesquiterpene biosynthetic pathways leading to santalene and its analogues: a comprehensive mechanistic study

(2012) Garima Jindal et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Enantioselective Synthesis of the Unnatural Enantiomers of the Fungal Sesquiterpenoids Acorenone and Trichoacorenol

(2011) Nelson L. Brock et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Sandalwood Fragrance Biosynthesis Involves Sesquiterpene Synthases of Both the Terpene Synthase (TPS)-a and TPS-b Subfamilies, including Santalene Synthases

(2011) Christopher G. Jones et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Biosynthesis via carbocations: Theoretical studies on terpene formation

(2011) Dean J. Tantillo   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Sesquiterpene synthases: Passive catalysts or active players?

(2011) David J. Miller et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Identification and microbial production of a terpene-based advanced biofuel

(2011) Pamela P. Peralta-Yahya et al.   Nature Communications

Tipping the Balance: Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Secreted Oxalic Acid Suppresses Host Defenses by Manipulating the Host Redox Environment

(2011) Brett Williams et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Sesquiterpene Synthases Cop4 and Cop6 from Coprinus cinereus: Catalytic Promiscuity and Cyclization of Farnesyl Pyrophosphate Geometric Isomers

(2010) Fernando Lopez-Gallego et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Phylogenetic diversity of culturable fungi associated with two marine sponges: Haliclona simulans and Gelliodes carnosa, collected from the Hainan Island coastal waters of the South China Sea

(2010) W. C. Liu et al.   FUNGAL DIVERSITY

Three-dimensional Structure and Enzymatic Function of Proapoptotic Human p53-inducible Quinone Oxidoreductase PIG3

(2009) Sergio Porté et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Diversity of sesquiterpene synthases in the basidiomyceteCoprinus cinereus

(2009) Sean Agger et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A Novel Pathway for Sesquiterpene Biosynthesis from Z,Z-Farnesyl Pyrophosphate in the Wild Tomato Solanum habrochaites

(2009) C. Sallaud et al.   PLANT CELL

Mycotoxin Ochratoxin A-induced cell death and changes in oxidative metabolism of Arabidopsis thaliana

(2009) Xiao-Li Peng et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Unearthing the roots of the terpenome

(2008) David W Christianson   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY