Covering: up to July 2023 Terpene cyclases (TCs) catalyze some of the most complicated
reactions in nature and are responsible for creating the skeletons of more than 95 000 …

Conspectus The magnificent chemodiversity of more than 95 000 terpenoid natural products
identified to date largely originates from catalysis by two types of terpene synthases …

All known triterpenes are generated by triterpene synthases (TrTSs) from squalene or
oxidosqualene. This approach is fundamentally different from the biosynthesis of short-chain …

Chimeric terpene synthases, which consist of C-terminal prenyltransferase (PT) and N-
terminal class I terpene synthase (TS) domains (termed PTTSs here), is unique to fungi and …

Covering: July 2012 to December 2019 Over the last seven years, expanding research
efforts focused on sesterterpenoids has led to the isolation, identification, and …

Fusicoccadiene synthase from Phomopsis amygdali (PaFS) is a unique bifunctional
terpenoid synthase that catalyzes the first two steps in the biosynthesis of the diterpene …

Terpenes and terpenoids are a group of isoprene-derived molecules that constitute the
largest group of natural products and secondary metabolites produced by living things, with …

Terpenoid synthases catalyze isoprenoid cyclization reactions underlying the generation of
more than 80,000 natural products. Such dramatic chemodiversity belies the fact that these …

Prenyltransferase (PT) and terpene synthase (TPS) are key enzymes in the formation of the
basic carbon skeletons of terpenoids. The PTs determine the prenyl carbon chain length …

Natural drimane-type sesquiterpenes, including drimenol, display diverse biological
activities. These active compounds are distributed in plants and fungi; however, their …