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. 2020 Oct 14;11:5155. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18958-9

Fig. 1. Construction of tocotrienols biosynthetic pathway in S. cerevisiae.

Fig. 1

a Proposed tocotrienols synthetic pathway in S. cerevisiae. MVA pathway mevalonate pathway, 4-HPP 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate; HGA homogentisic acid, GGPP geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate, MGGBQ 2-methyl-6-geranylgeranyl benzoquinol, DMGGBQ 2,3-dimethyl-5-geranylgeranyl-benzoquinone, HPPD 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase, SyHPT homogentisate phytyltransferase, MPBQMT 2-methyl-6-phytylbenzoquinol methyltransferase, TC tocopherol cyclase, γ-TMT γ-tocopherol methyltransferase. b HPLC spectra of S. cerevisiae strains expressing the heterologous pathway genes. The retention time of γ-tocotrienol and β-tocotrienol was the same under the chromatographic conditions used. T3, tocotrienol. 1. MGGBQ; 2. DMGGBQ; 3. δ-T3; 4. γ/β-T3; 5. α-T3. c LC-MS analysis of MGGBQ and DMGGBQ in positive ion mode. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.