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. 2012 Nov 2;287(45):37713–37714. doi: 10.1074/jbc.A111.231787

Sandalwood fragrance biosynthesis involves sesquiterpene synthases of both the terpene synthase (TPS)-a and TPS-b subfamilies, including santalene synthases.

Christopher G Jones, Jessie Moniodis, Katherine G Zulak, Adrian Scaffidi, Julie A Plummer, Emilio L Ghisalberti, Elizabeth L Barbour, Jörg Bohlmann
PMCID: PMC3488047

VOLUME 286 (2011) PAGES 17445–17454

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Earlier versions of Figs. 3 and 4 were uploaded inadvertently, and the chromatogram peak labels were mixed up. Below are the correct images and their legends.

FIGURE 3.

FIGURE 3.

GC-MS chromatogram of incubations of (Z,Z)-FPP with SaSSy (A), (E,E)-FPP with SaSSy (B), and the olefin fraction of authentic sandalwood oil for comparison (C). Peak 1, α-endo-bergamotene; peak 2, α-santalene; peak 3, α-exo-bergamotene; peak 4, (Z)-β-farnesene; peak 5, epi-β-santalene; peak 6, β-santalene; peak 7, (E)-β-farnesene.

FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 4.

In vivo production of santalenes in overnight E. coli cultures. Peak 1, α-santalene; peak 2, α-exo-bergamotene; peak 3, epi-β-santalene; peak 4, β-santalene.


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