Covering: 1990 to 2006 This review describes volatiles released into the air by bacteria
growing on defined media. Their occurrence, function, and biosynthesis are discussed, and a …

Covering: up to 2011 This review summarises the accumulated knowledge about the
stereochemical courses of biosynthetic reactions to isoprenoids. Important pathways of the primary …

All known triterpenes are generated by triterpene synthases (TrTSs) from squalene or
oxidosqualene 1 . This approach is fundamentally different from the biosynthesis of short-chain (C …

… enzyme products revealed the specific loss of deuterium from (S)-(1- 2 H)GGPP but … S.
violens were investigated for their production of 1, which could be shown for the streptomycetes S…

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

We present crystallographic and functional data of selina‐4(15),7(11)‐diene synthase (SdS)
from Streptomyces pristinaespiralis in its open and closed (ligand‐bound) conformation. We …

Despite the central role of germacrene A in sesquiterpene biosynthesis and its widespread
occurrence in nature, its complete NMR characterization is still pending. This problem was …

Many antibiotics, chemotherapeutics, crop protection agents and food preservatives originate
from molecules produced by bacteria, fungi or plants. In recent years, genome mining …

Covering: up to 2009 This review describes the chemistry of the bacterial biofilms including
the chemistry of their constituents and signalling compounds that mediate or inhibit the …

The rich diversity of secondary metabolites produced by soil bacteria has been appreciated
for over a century, and advances in chemical analysis and genome sequencing continue to …