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SAGE Publications, Natural Product Communications, 7(14), p. 1934578X1986036, 2019

DOI: 10.1177/1934578x19860366

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A Biosynthetic Numbering System for Diterpene Pyrones

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Abstract

Diterpene pyrones, spiroditerpenoids, and brevianes are names given to a series of fungal meroterpenoids that share common structural features and a common biosynthetic pathway elaborated by multiple oxidations, rearrangements, and cyclizations to produce the observed structural diversity. A unifying approach to the numbering of these fungal metabolites, based on a common biosynthetic progenitor, a geranylgeranyl-pyrone hybrid, is presented. This proposal will foster simplicity through a standardized numbering system that can be applied to the known members of this family, as well as to future metabolites.