Biosynthesis of archetypal plant self-defensive oxylipins by an endophytic fungus residing in mangrove embryos.

Ding L, Peschel G, Hertweck C (2012) Biosynthesis of archetypal plant self-defensive oxylipins by an endophytic fungus residing in mangrove embryos. Chembiochem 13(18), 2661-2664.

Abstract

A tree's travel companion: a fungal endophyte (Fusarium incarnatum) isolated from a viviparous propagule (embryo) of a mangrove tree produces typical plant defense oxylipins. Stable-isotope labeling experiments revealed that the endophyte biosynthesizes coriolic acid, didehydrocoriolic acid, and an epoxy fatty acid derived from linoleic acid by a process involving Δ(15)-desaturation and 13-lipoxygenation.

Identifier

doi: 10.1002/cbic.201200544

PMID: 23165938