The biosynthesis of 2-methylisoborneol was reconstituted by elongation of dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP) with (S)- and (R)-2-methylisopentenyl diphosphate (2-Me-IPP) using farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FPPS), followed by terpene cyclisation. The stereochemical course of the FPPS reaction was studied in detail using stereoselectively deuterated 2-Me-IPP isotopomers.
Binbin Gu, Jeroen S Dickschat. A non-natural biosynthesis pathway toward 2-methylisoborneol. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England). 2022 Mar 31;58(27):4316-4319
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