Identification of Iridoid Synthases from Nepeta species: Iridoid cyclization does not determine nepetalactone stereochemistry
N. H. Sherden, B. Lichman, L. Caputi, D. Zhao, M. O. Kamileen, C. R. Buell, S. O'Connor
The paper identifies iridoid synthase enzymes in two Nepeta species and shows they do not determine nepetalactone stereochemistry, which is instead established later in the biosynthetic pathway.
bioRxiv · Aug 22, 2017Biochemistry