Co-reporter:Atsushi Minami, Naoto Tajima, Yusuke Higuchi, Tomonobu Toyomasu, Takeshi Sassa, Nobuo Kato, Tohru Dairi
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2009 Volume 19(Issue 3) pp:870-874
Publication Date(Web):1 February 2009
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.11.108
The biosynthetic gene cluster of brassicicene C was identified in Alternaria brassicicola strain ATCC 96836 from genome database search. In vivo and in vitro study clearly revealed the function of Orf8 and Orf6 as a fusicoccadiene synthase and methyltransferase, respectively. The understanding toward the biosynthetic pathway promises construction of this type of diterpene compounds with genetic engineering.The biosynthetic gene cluster of brassicicene C was identified in Alternaria brassicicola strain ATCC 96836 from genome database search.