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Inherent atomic mobility changes in carbocation intermediates during the sesterterpene cyclization cascade

We previously showed that the regio- and stereoselectivity in terpene-forming reactions are determined by the conformations of the carbocation intermediates, which reflect the initial conformation of the substrate, geranylfarnesyl diphosphate (GFPP). However, it remains unclear how the initial confo...

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Autores principales: Sato, Hajime, Mitsuhashi, Takaaki, Yamazaki, Mami, Abe, Ikuro, Uchiyama, Masanobu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Beilstein-Institut 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6693403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31467610
http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.15.184
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Sumario:We previously showed that the regio- and stereoselectivity in terpene-forming reactions are determined by the conformations of the carbocation intermediates, which reflect the initial conformation of the substrate, geranylfarnesyl diphosphate (GFPP). However, it remains unclear how the initial conformation of GFPP is controlled, and which part(s) of the GFPP molecule are important for its fixation inside the substrate-binding pocket. Here, we present the first detailed analysis of the inherent atomic mobility in carbocation intermediates during sesterterpene biosynthesis. We identified two methyl groups as the least mobile of all the carbons of the carbocation intermediates in the first half of the cyclization cascade. Our analysis suggests that these two methyl groups are critical for the preorganization of GFPP in the biosynthetic pathways leading to sesterfisherol and quiannulatene.