The year 2017 marks the twentieth anniversary of terpenoid cyclase structural biology: a trio
of terpenoid cyclase structures reported together in 1997 were the first to set the foundation …

The review by Christianson, published in 2017 on the twentieth anniversary of the
emergence of the field, summarizes the foundational discoveries and key advances in …

Terpenoids comprise tens of thousands of small molecule natural products that are widely
distributed across all domains of life. Plants produce by far the largest array of terpenoids …

<? xm-replace_text {Heading}?> Abstract Terpenoids (isoprenoids) represent the largest
and most diverse class of chemicals among the myriad compounds produced by plants …

Current approaches for the production of high-value compounds in microorganisms mostly
use the cytosol as a general reaction vessel. However, competing pathways and metabolic …

Conifers have evolved complex oleoresin terpene defenses against herbivores and
pathogens. In co‐evolved bark beetles, conifer terpenes also serve chemo‐ecological …

Some plant terpenes such as sterols and carotenes are part of primary metabolism and
found essentially in all plants. However, the majority of the terpenes found in plants are …

Covering: up to 2015 This review summarises the accumulated knowledge about
characterised bacterial terpene cyclases. The structures of identified products and of …

The terpenoids constitute the largest class of natural products and many interesting products
are extensively applied in the industrial sector as flavors, fragrances, spices and are also …

Plant secondary metabolites (PSM s) are ubiquitous in plants and play many ecological
roles. Each compound can vary in presence and/or quantity, and the composition of the …