Table 1 Semi-quantitative analysis of CYP716 substrates and products in transformed yeasts.

From: The ancient CYP716 family is a major contributor to the diversification of eudicot triterpenoid biosynthesis

Compounds produced by C. asiatica CYP716s

% β-Amyrin [218]+

% Oleanolic acid [203]+

% 6β-OH oleanolic acid [203]+

% Maslinic acid [203]+

Yeast strain

Compared with strain 2

Compared with strain 4

Compared with strain 10

Compared with strain 11

2/ BAS

100±12

   

3/ BAS+CYP716A86

104±9

   

4/ BAS+CYP716A83

28±3

100±2

  

10/ BAS+CYP716A83+CYP716E41

36±2

25±4

100±56

 

11/ BAS+CYP716A83+CYP716C11

35±10

10±1

 

100±11

14/ BAS+CYP716A83+CYP716E41+CYP716C11

25±2

6±1

0±0

5±1

Compounds produced by P. grandiflorus CYP716s

% β-Amyrin [218]+

% Oleanolic acid [203]+

% 16β-OH β-amyrin [216]+

% 12,13α-epoxy-β-amyrin [514]+

% 16β-OH oleanolic acid [318]+

Yeast strain

Compared with strain 2

Compared with strain 30

Compared with strain 32

Compared with strain 33

Compared with strain 36

2/ BAS

100±12

    

30/ BAS+CYP716A140

11±1

100±4

   

32/ BAS+CYP716A141

26±2

 

100±4

 

29±7

33/ BAS+CYP716AS5

114±12

  

100±11

 

36/ BAS+CYP716A140+CYP716A141

7±1

24±3

10±0

 

100±25

37/ BAS+CYP716A140+CYP716S5

18±1

117±7

 

0±0

 

39/ BAS+CYP716A140+CYP716A141+CYP716S5

7±1

30±3

10±0

0±0

103±26

Compounds produced by A. coerulea CYP716s

% β-Amyrin [218]+

Yeast strain

Compared with strain 2

2/ BAS

100±12

46/ BAS+CYP716A110

67±8

47/ BAS+CYP716A111

115±8

  1. Known triterpenoids were analysed and quantified from spent medium of MβCD-treated yeast cultures. The values indicate % of substrate left in comparison with the strain indicated±s.e. (n=4). These percentages are calculated from the means of peak areas of extracted ion intensities of representative ions of known triterpenoids, which are provided in Supplementary Table 3. Production rates of all products were consistent between the four replicates, except for the strains with C. asiatica CYP716E41, which showed larger quantitative variability although the same products were present in all four replicates. The comparison of substrate accumulation between producer yeast strains with and without additional CYP716s from C. asiatica, P. grandiflorus and A. coerulea showed diminished accumulation of the substrate compounds with active CYP716s.