From the perspectives of pathway evolution, discovery and engineering of plant specialized
metabolism, the nature of the biosynthetic routes represents a critical aspect. Classical …

Catalyzing stereo-and regio-specific oxidation of inert hydrocarbon backbones, and a range
of more exotic reactions inherently difficult in formal chemical synthesis, cytochromes P450 …

Terpenoids constitute one of the largest and most diverse classes of plant metabolites. While
some terpenoids are involved in essential plant processes such as photosynthesis …

Plants produce over 10,000 different diterpenes of specialized (secondary) metabolism, and
fewer diterpenes of general (primary) metabolism. Specialized diterpenes may have …

Plants produce a diverse array of lineage-specific specialized (secondary) metabolites,
which are synthesized from primary metabolites. Plant specialized metabolites play crucial …

Plants have adapted to their environments by diversifying in various ways. This
diversification is reflected at the phytochemical level in their production of numerous …

Terpenoids represent one of the high-value groups of specialized metabolites with vast
structural diversity. They exhibit versatile human benefits and have been successfully …

Plants produce hundreds of thousands of small molecules known as specialized
metabolites, many of which are of economic and ecological importance. This remarkable …

The diversity of plant natural product (PNP) molecular structures is reflected in the variety of
biochemical and genetic pathways that lead to their formation and accumulation. Plant …

Terpenoids constitute a large and diverse class of natural products that serve many
functions in nature. Most of the tens of thousands of the discovered terpenoids are …