Three previously unrecognised classes of biosynthetic enzymes revealed during the production of xenovulene A

Xenovulene A is a fungal compound that has the potential to be used as an antidepressant. Here, the authors unravel the pathway leading to its formation in fungi and discover a new class of enzymes, which accounts for some unusual chemistry in the synthesis of xenovulene.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Raissa Schor, Carsten Schotte, Daniel Wibberg, Jörn Kalinowski, Russell J. Cox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04364-9