Described herein is a method of producing a drimane sesquiterpene, such as an albicanol compound and/or derivatives thereof, by contacting at least one polypeptide with farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) with a polypeptide of the Haloacid dehalogenase-like (HAD-like) hydrolase superfamily as obtainable from plants of the genus Dryopteris, in particular of the species Dryopteris fragrans. The method may be performed in vitro or in vivo. Also described herein are amino acid sequences of polypeptides useful in the methods and nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides described. Also described herein are host cells or organisms genetically modified to express the polypeptides and useful to produce a drimane sesquiterpene such as an albicanol compound.
本发明描述了一种通过至少一种
多肽与二
磷酸法尼酯(FPP)和可从干蝶属植物,特别是干蝶属香附植物中获得的卤酸脱卤酶样(HAD-like)
水解酶超家族的
多肽接触来生产二氢
倍半萜,如
白花前胡醇化合物和/或其衍
生物的方法。该方法可在体外或体内进行。本文还描述了在所述方法中有用的
多肽的
氨基酸序列和编码所述
多肽的核酸。本文还描述了经遗传修饰以表达
多肽的宿主细胞或
生物体,这些细胞或
生物体可用于生产诸如
白花前胡醇化合物之类的 drimane
倍半萜。