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Isolation of (−)-cyatha-3,12-diene, a common biosynthetic intermediate of cyathane diterpenoids, from an erinacine-producing basidiomycete, Hericium erinaceum, and its formation in a cell-free system

✍ Scribed by Hiromichi Kenmoku; Nobuo Kato; Masaki Shimada; Mineko Omoto; Akira Mori; Wataru Mitsuhashi; Takeshi Sassa


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2001
Tongue
French
Weight
80 KB
Volume
42
Category
Article
ISSN
0040-4039

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✦ Synopsis


Cyatha-3,12-diene, a diterpene hydrocarbon having a 5-6-7-membered tricyclic skeleton, has been isolated for the first time from an erinacine-producing basidiomycete, Hericium erinaceum YB4-6237. This hydrocarbon had been formulated by Ayer et al. as a common biosynthetic intermediate of cyathane diterpenoids. Its stereo-structure, including the absolute configuration, has been unambiguously confirmed by its semi-synthesis from erinacine P, and its cell-free conversion from all-trans-geranylgeranyl diphosphate was demonstrated.