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PHYTOCHEMISTRY
Volume 78, Issue -, Pages 20-28Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2012.02.022
Keywords
Castor bean; Ricinus communis; Euphorbiaceae; Genome mining; Secondary metabolism; Terpenoids; alpha-Farnesene; delta-Cadinene; alpha-Copaene
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- NIH [RC1 GM090980-01]
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Genome sequence analysis of Ricinus communis has indicated the presence of at least 22 putative terpene synthase (TPS) genes, 13 of which appear to encode sesquiterpene synthases (SeTPSs); however, no SeTPS genes have been isolated from this plant to date. cDNAs were recovered for six SeTPS candidates, and these were subjected to characterization in vivo and in vitro. The RcSeTPS candidates were expressed in either Escherichia coli or Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains with engineered sesquiterpene biosynthetic pathways, but only two (RcSeTPS1 and RcSeTPS7) produced detectable levels of product. In order to check whether the engineered microbial hosts were adequately engineered for sesquiterpene production, a selection of SeTPS genes was chosen from other plant species and demonstrated consistently high sesquiterpene titers. Activity could be demonstrated in vitro for two of the RcSeTPS candidates (RcSeTPS5 and RcSeTPS10) that were not observed to be functional in our microbial hosts. RcSeTPS1 produced two products, (-)-alpha-copaene and (+)-delta-cadinene, while RcSeTPS7 produced a single product, (E, E)-alpha-farnesene. Both RcSeTPS5 and RcSeTPS10 produced multiple sesquiterpenes. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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