银杏
银杏内酯
银杏
生物合成
细胞色素P450
萜类
基因簇
萜烯
生物
生物化学
基因
立体化学
化学
植物
酶
作者
Victor Forman,Dan Luo,Fernando Geu‐Flores,René Lemcke,David R. Nelson,Sotirios C. Kampranis,Dan Stærk,Birger Lindberg Møller,Irini Pateraki
标识
DOI:10.1038/s41467-022-32879-9
摘要
The ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba) is considered a living fossil due to its 200 million year's history under morphological stasis. Its resilience is partly attributed to its unique set of specialized metabolites, in particular, ginkgolides and bilobalide, which are chemically complex terpene trilactones. Here, we use a gene cluster-guided mining approach in combination with co-expression analysis to reveal the primary steps in ginkgolide biosynthesis. We show that five multifunctional cytochrome P450s with atypical catalytic activities generate the tert-butyl group and one of the lactone rings, characteristic of all G. biloba trilactone terpenoids. The reactions include scarless C-C bond cleavage as well as carbon skeleton rearrangement (NIH shift) occurring on a previously unsuspected intermediate. The cytochrome P450s belong to CYP families that diversifies in pre-seed plants and gymnosperms, but are not preserved in angiosperms. Our work uncovers the early ginkgolide pathway and offers a glance into the biosynthesis of terpenoids of the Mesozoic Era.
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