Characterisation of the biosynthetic pathway to agnestins A and B reveals the reductive route to chrysophanol in fungi

Agnieszka J. Szwalbe, Katherine Williams, Zhongshu Song, Kate M. J. de Mattos-Shipley, Andy M. Bailey, Christine L. Willis, Russell J. Cox, Thomas J. Simpson

Chemical Science · 2018 · 58 citations · 35 references

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Identification of a reductase (AgnL4) confirms that<italic>in vivo</italic>anthraquinone to anthrol conversion is an essential first step in aromatic deoxygenation of anthraquinones catalysed by AgnL6 (reductase) and AgnL8 (dehydratase).

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