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HEREDITAS ›› 2011, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (10): 1087-1092.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1005.2011.01087

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Advances on actinomycetic terpenoid biosynthesis

LI Wen-Li, ZHAN Gui-Hua, ZHENG Hua   

  1. Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China
  • Received:2011-05-17 Revised:2011-07-18 Online:2011-10-20 Published:2011-10-25

Abstract: Terpenoids are the most diverse class of natural products. Recently, a series of terpenoids with novel structures have been isolated from actinomyces. Their biosynthetic gene clusters have been identified and characterized either by direct cloning or genomic mining, which promoted investigations of their biosynthetic pathways, as well as the key enzymatic mechanisms. This paper provides a brief overview of the major research published in the last five years.

Key words: actinomyces, terpenoid, biosynthesis, gene cluster, direct cloning, genomic mining