Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai 200032, China.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100039, China.
Org Lett. 2017 Apr 7;19(7):1816-1819. doi: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b00586. Epub 2017 Mar 28.
Two GFPPS linked (+)-thalianatriene (1) and (-)-retigeranin B (2) sesterterpene synthase genes were identified from the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana. 1 possesses an unprecedented 11-6-5 tricyclic ring system, while 2 contains a characteristic 5-5-5-6-5 pentacyclic ring system. Their structures were determined by extensive NMR spectroscopy, chemical derivatization, and X-ray crystallography. The variable-temp NMR measurement of 3, a diepoxy-bearing derivative of 1, enables us to completely assign the NMR signals of the two conformers as 3a (67%, UUU) and 3b (33%, UUD). A plausible biosynthesis mechanism of 1 was proposed.
从拟南芥基因组中鉴定出两个 GFPPS 连接的 (+)-thalianatriene(1)和(-)-retigeranin B(2)倍半萜合酶基因。1 具有前所未有的 11-6-5 三环系统,而 2 则包含特征性的 5-5-5-6-5 五环系统。通过广泛的 NMR 光谱、化学衍生化和 X 射线晶体学确定了它们的结构。1 的环氧衍生物 3 的变温 NMR 测量使我们能够完全分配两个构象的 NMR 信号,即 3a(67%,UUU)和 3b(33%,UUD)。提出了 1 的合理生物合成机制。