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Molecular cloning and characterization of a cytochrome P450 in sanguinarine biosynthesis from Eschscholzia californica cells
Takemura, Tomoya,Ikezawa, Nobuhiro,Iwasa, Kinuko,Sato, Fumihiko
, p. 100 - 108 (2013)
Benzophenanthridine alkaloids, such as sanguinarine, are produced from reticuline, a common intermediate in benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis, via protopine. Four cytochrome P450s are involved in the biosynthesis of sanguinarine from reticuline; i.e. cheilanthifoline synthase (CYP719A5; EC 1.14.21.2.), stylopine synthase (CYP719A2/A3; EC 1.14.21.1.), N-methylstylopine hydroxylase (MSH) and protopine 6-hydroxylase (P6H; EC 1.14.13.55.). In this study, a cDNA of P6H was isolated from cultured Eschscholzia californica cells, based on an integrated analysis of metabolites and transcript expression profiles of transgenic cells with Coptis japonica scoulerine-9-O- methyltransferase. Using the full-length candidate cDNA for P6H (CYP82N2v2), recombinant protein was produced in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for characterization. The microsomal fraction containing recombinant CYP82N2v2 showed typical reduced CO-difference spectra of P450, and production of dihydrosanguinarine and dihydrochelerythrine from protopine and allocryptopine, respectively. Further characterization of the substrate-specificity of CYP82N2v2 indicated that 6-hydroxylation played a role in the reaction.
Enantioselective Divergent Syntheses of (+)-Bulleyanaline and Related Isoquinoline Alkaloids from the Genus Corydalis
Trost, Barry M.,Hung, Chao-I Joey,Jiao, Zhiwei
, p. 16085 - 16092 (2019)
The isoquinoline alkaloids isolated from the genus Corydalis possess potent and diverse biological activities. Herein, a concise, divergent, and enantioselective route to access these natural products is disclosed. Key transformations of our approach incl
