Unusual chemistries in fungal meroterpenoid biosynthesis

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-7

  Matsuda, Yudai ^a   Awakawa, Takayoshi ^a   Mori, Takahiro ^a   Abe, Ikuro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; DIOXYGENASE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; MEROTERPENOID; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; OXYGENASE; POLYKETIDE; QUERCETIN; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; TERRETONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; TERPENE;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CYCLIZATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; EMERICELLA VARIECOLOR; ENZYME MECHANISM; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

CYCLIZATION; FUNGI; TERPENES;

EID: 84947803631     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.11.001     Document Type: Review

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