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. 2022 Nov 8;5:146. doi: 10.1038/s42004-022-00765-6

Fig. 1. Proposed biosynthesis of terpentecin.

Fig. 1

a Structures of labdane (red), halimane (green), and clerodane (blue) skeletons. b The tpn BGC consists of two TSs (blue), two P450s (red), a ferredoxin (brown) and a GGPP synthase (green); mevalonate pathway genes responsible for production of the terpene precursors are found downstream. c Tpn2 first cyclizes GGPP into terpentedienyl diphosphate (2), a clerodane diterpene. Tpn3 eliminates the diphosphate of 2 to produce terpentetriene (3). The oxidation of 3 to terpentecin is still unknown. Carbon numbering for both 1 and 2 are shown. d HPLC analysis of the Tpn2 in vitro reaction confirms its type II TS activity. Negative control is reaction with boiled Tpn2. Products are shown as the dephosphorylated analogs.