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ArticleChembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology2025

Clade III Synthases Add Cyclic and Linear Terpenoids to the Psilocybe Metabolome.

Nick Zschoche, Sebastian Schober, Karl Walther, Andrew R Chadeayne, Markus Gressler, Stefan Bartram, Sarah E O'Connor, Dirk Hoffmeister

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Article in Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Nick ZschochePharmaceutical Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745, Jena, Germany.
Sebastian SchoberPharmaceutical Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745, Jena, Germany.
Karl WaltherPharmaceutical Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745, Jena, Germany.
Andrew R ChadeayneCaaMTech, LLC, 58 East Sunset Way, Issaquah, WA 98027, USA.
Markus GresslerPharmaceutical Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745, Jena, Germany.
Stefan BartramDepartment Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Strasse 8, 07745, Jena, Germany.
Sarah E O'ConnorDepartment Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Strasse 8, 07745, Jena, Germany.
Dirk HoffmeisterPharmaceutical Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Beutenbergstrasse 11a, 07745, Jena, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5302-6461

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 239748522Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 390713860
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Psilocybe "magic mushrooms" are best known for their indolethylamine psilocybin, yet they encode enzymes for a much more diverse arsenal of small and potentially bioactive molecules. Herein, four Psilocybe cubensis clade III sesquiterpene synthases, CubB-CubE, whose genes are differently expressed in fruiting bodies compared to vegetative mycelium are reported. CubB-CubE were functionally characterized in vitro by product formation assays with heterologously produced enzymes and in vivo by transgene expression in Aspergillus niger, followed by extensive gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analyzes. CubB was identified as a single product (3R,6E)-(-)-nerolidol synthase. CubC is a multiproduct enzyme producing β-caryophyllene, β-elemene, α-humulene, and β-farnesene. CubD and CubE catalyze (near-)exclusively sterpurene formation. P. cubensis young fruiting bodies and vegetative mycelium were analyzed for sesquiterpenes, which verified the presence of the CubB product α-(3R,6E)-(-)-nerolidol. As various Psilocybe species encode highly similar enzymes, this study contributes generally to the as-yet little-understood secondary metabolome of the genus.

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MetabolomePsilocybeTerpenesSesquiterpenesSesquiterpenesTerpeneschromatographyenzymespsilocybesesquiterpenesterpene synthases

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PMID40318115
PMCPMC12247026

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