Compositions and methods for producing benzylisoquinoline alkaloids
申请人:California Institute of Technology
公开号:US09322039B2
公开(公告)日:2016-04-26
The present invention relates to host cells that produce compounds that are characterized as benzylisoquinolines, as well as select precursors and intermediates thereof. The host cells comprise one, two or more heterologous coding sequences wherein each of the heterologous coding sequences encodes an enzyme involved in the metabolic pathway of a benzylisoquinoline, or its precursors or intermediates from a starting compound. The invention also relates to methods of producing the benzylisoquinoline, as well as select precursors and intermediates thereof by culturing the host cells under culture conditions that promote expression of the enzymes that produce the benzylisoquinoline or precursors or intermediates thereof.
Structure and Biocatalytic Scope of Coclaurine
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‐Methyltransferase
作者:Matthew R. Bennett、Mark L. Thompson、Sarah A. Shepherd、Mark S. Dunstan、Abigail J. Herbert、Duncan R. M. Smith、Victoria A. Cronin、Binuraj R. K. Menon、Colin Levy、Jason Micklefield
DOI:10.1002/anie.201805060
日期:2018.8.13
plant secondary metabolites, which have been exploited to develop analgesics, antibiotics, antitumor agents, and other therapeutic agents. Biosynthesis of BIAs proceeds via a common pathway from tyrosine to (S)‐reticulene at which point the pathway diverges. Coclaurine N‐methyltransferase (CNMT) is a key enzyme in the pathway to (S)‐reticulene, installing the N‐methyl substituent that is essential for