02357nas a2200289 4500008004100000022001400041245010500055210006900160260009900229300001000328490000800338520132000346653002201666653001101688653001501699653002001714653002501734100002501759700001601784700002701800700002701827700001901854700001601873700001901889700003701908856012201945 2012 eng d a0960-852400aTransformation of (+/-)-lavandulol and (+/-)-tetrahydrolavandulol by a fungal strain Rhizopus oryzae0 aTransformation of lavandulol and tetrahydrolavandulol by a funga aTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLANDbELSEVIER SCI LTDcJUL a70-740 v1153 a

Biotransformation of an irregular monoterpene alcohol, (+/-)-lavandulol [(+/-)-5-methyl-2-(1-methylethenyl)-4-hexen-1-ol] (I) and its tetrahydro derivative, (+/-)-tetrahydrolavandulol [(+/-)-2-isopropyl-5-methylhexan-1-ol] (II) were studied using a soil isolated fungal strain Rhizopus oryzae. Five metabolites, 2-((3,3-dimethyloxiran-2-yl)methyl)-3-methylbut-3-en-1-ol (Ia), 2-methyl-5-(prop-1-en-2-yl)hex-2ene-1,6-diol (Ib), 2-methyl-5-(prop-1-en-2-yl)hexane-1,6-diol (Ic), 2-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-3-methylenebutane-1,4-diol (Id), 5-methyl-2-(2-methyloxiran-2-yl)hex-4-en-1-01 (Ie) have been isolated from the fermentation medium and characterized with lavandulol as a substrate. When tetrahydrolavandulol used as a substrate, two metabolites 2-isopropyl-5-methylhexane-1,5-diol (IIa) and 2-isopentyl-3-methylbutane-1,3-diol (lib) have been isolated from the fermentation medium. Biotransformation studies with R. oryzae clearly indicate that the organism initiates the transformation either by hydroxylation at allylic methyl groups or epoxidation of double bond. GC and GCMS analyses indicated that both (R)and (S)-enantiomers of I and II have been transformed into corresponding hydroxylated or epoxy derivatives, when racemic I and II were used as substrates. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

10aBiotransformation10aFungus10aLavandulol10aRhizopus oryzae10aTetrahydrolavandulol1 aDaramwar, Pankaj, P.1 aRincy, Raju1 aNiloferjahan, Siddiqui1 aKrithika, Ramakrishnan1 aGulati, Arvind1 aYadav, Amit1 aSharma, Rakesh1 aThulasiram, Hirekodathakallu, V. uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/transformation-lavandulol-and-tetrahydrolavandulol-fungal-strain-rhizopus-oryzae-002317nas a2200217 4500008004100000022001400041245014200055210006900197260009000266300002500356490000600381520140900387100002701796700003101823700001601854700002101870700002401891700001901915700003701934856012801971 2015 eng d a2045-232200aCharacterization of 10-hydroxygeraniol dehydrogenase from catharanthus roseus reveals cascaded enzymatic activity in iridoid biosynthesis0 aCharacterization of 10hydroxygeraniol dehydrogenase from cathara aMACMILLAN BUILDING, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLANDbNATURE PUBLISHING GROUPcFEB aArticle Number: 82580 v53 a

Catharanthus roseus [L.] is a major source of the monoterpene indole alkaloids (MIAs), which are of significant interest due to their therapeutic value. These molecules are formed through an intermediate, cis-trans-nepetalactol, a cyclized product of 10-oxogeranial. One of the key enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of MIAs is an NAD(P)(+) dependent oxidoreductase system, 10-hydroxygeraniol dehydrogenase (Cr10HGO), which catalyses the formation of 10-oxogeranial from 10-hydroxygeraniol via 10-oxogeraniol or 10-hydroxygeranial. This work describes the cloning and functional characterization of Cr10HGO from C. roseus and its role in the iridoid biosynthesis. Substrate specificity studies indicated that, Cr10HGO has good activity on substrates such as 10-hydroxygeraniol, 10-oxogeraniol or 10-hydroxygeranial over monohydroxy linear terpene derivatives. Further it was observed that incubation of 10-hydroxygeraniol with Cr10HGO and iridoid synthase (CrIDS) in the presence of NADP(+) yielded a major metabolite, which was characterized as (1R, 4aS, 7S, 7aR)-nepetalactol by comparing its retention time, mass fragmentation pattern, and co-injection studies with that of the synthesized compound. These results indicate that there is concerted activity of Cr10HGO with iridoid synthase in the formation of (1R, 4aS, 7S, 7aR)-nepetalactol, an important intermediate in iridoid biosynthesis.

1 aKrithika, Ramakrishnan1 aSrivastava, Prabhakar, Lal1 aRani, Bajaj1 aKolet, Swati, P.1 aChopade, Manojkumar1 aSoniya, Mantri1 aThulasiram, Hirekodathakallu, V. uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/characterization-10-hydroxygeraniol-dehydrogenase-catharanthus-roseus-reveals-cascaded-102340nas a2200205 4500008004100000022001400041245010400055210006900159260009000228300002600318490000600344520149100350100003101841700002501872700002701897700002201924700001901946700003701965856013202002 2015 eng d a2045-232200aFunctional characterization of novel sesquiterpene synthases from Indian sandalwood, santalum album0 aFunctional characterization of novel sesquiterpene synthases fro aMACMILLAN BUILDING, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLANDbNATURE PUBLISHING GROUPcMAY aArticle Number: 100950 v53 a

Indian Sandalwood, Santalum album L. is highly valued for its fragrant heartwood oil and is dominated by a blend of sesquiterpenes. Sesquiterpenes are formed through cyclization of farnesyl diphosphate (FPP), catalyzed by metal dependent terpene cyclases. This report describes the cloning and functional characterization of five genes, which encode two sesquisabinene synthases (SaSQS1, SaSQS2), bisabolene synthase (SaBS), santalene synthase (SaSS) and farnesyl diphosphate synthase (SaFDS) using the transcriptome sequencing of S. album. Using Illumina next generation sequencing, 33.32 million high quality raw reads were generated, which were assembled into 84,094 unigenes with an average length of 494.17 bp. Based on the transcriptome sequencing, five sesquiterpene synthases SaFDS, SaSQS1, SaSQS2, SaBS and SaSS involved in the biosynthesis of FPP, sesquisabinene, beta-bisabolene and santalenes, respectively, were cloned and functionally characterized. Novel sesquiterpene synthases (SaSQS1 and SaSQS2) were characterized as isoforms of sesquisabinene synthase with varying kinetic parameters and expression levels. Furthermore, the feasibility of microbial production of sesquisabinene from both the unigenes, SaSQS1 and SaSQS2 in non-optimized bacterial cell for the preparative scale production of sesquisabinene has been demonstrated. These results may pave the way for in vivo production of sandalwood sesquiterpenes in genetically tractable heterologous systems.

1 aSrivastava, Prabhakar, Lal1 aDaramwar, Pankaj, P.1 aKrithika, Ramakrishnan1 aPandreka, Avinash1 aShankar, Shiva1 aThulasiram, Hirekodathakallu, V. uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/functional-characterization-novel-sesquiterpene-synthases-indian-sandalwood-santalum-album-1