Published: June 28, 2021 Abstract: Phytocannabinoids are a structurally diverse class of bioactive naturally occurring compounds found in angiosperms, fungi, and liverworts and produced in several plant organs such as the flower and glandular trichrome of Cannabis...
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biochemistry
Structural basis for olivetolic acid formation by a polyketide cyclase from Cannabis sativa
Published: January 18, 2016 Abstract: In polyketide biosynthesis, ring formation is one of the key diversification steps. Olivetolic acid cyclase (OAC) from Cannabis sativa, involved in cannabinoid biosynthesis, is the only known plant polyketide cyclase. In addition,...
Phytocannabinoids: a unified critical inventory
Published: January 2016 Abstract: Cannabis sativa L. is a prolific, but not exclusive, producer of a diverse group of isoprenylated resorcinyl polyketides collectively known as phytocannabinoids. The modular nature of the pathways that merge into the...
Why do plants produce so many terpenoid compounds?
Published: September 8, 2016 Abstract: All plants synthesize a suite of several hundred terpenoid compounds with roles that include phytohormones, protein modification reagents, anti-oxidants, and more. Different plant lineages also synthesize hundreds of distinct...