Open AccessProkaryotic triterpenoids
Author(s) -
BISSERET Philippe,
ZUNDEL Magali,
ROHMER Michel
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
european journal of biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1432-1033
pISSN - 0014-2956
DOI - 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1985.tb08982.x
Subject(s) - triterpenoid , methylobacterium , bacteria , cyanobacteria , botany , chemistry , stereochemistry , biology , 16s ribosomal rna , genetics
2β‐Methylhopanoids, a new series of triterpenoids was identified from two prokaryotes. 2β‐Methyldiplopterol was isolated from the methylotrophic bacterium Methylobacterium organophilum , and three different 2β‐methyl‐bacteriohopanepolyols from the cyanobacterium Nostoc muscorum . The structures of these compounds was deduced by direct comparison with 2β‐methyldiplopterol synthesized from 22‐hydroxyhopan‐3‐one.