Biosynthesis of Natural Products

What components are lipids made out of?

How are lipids biosynthesised?

What main enzymes are used to synthesise fatty acids?

What enzymes are used to modify fatty acid chains?

What enzymes tailor fatty acids into waxes and esters?

What other examples of acyl-CoAs are there? Give the amino acids they're derived from and their branch structure.

How are polyketides recognisable?

How are polyketides biosynthesised?

Which two main enzymes are used to biosynthesise polyketides?

Which five tailoring enzymes make further modifications to polyketides?

What are peptides made out of?

How are peptides identifiable?

How are peptides biosynthesised?

What 2 tailoring enzymes modify peptides?

What are terpenoids composed of?

How are terpenes recogniseable?

Which two biosynthetic pathways are terpenoids made from?

Give an example of a monoterpene and a tetraterpene

Which enzymes biosynthesise terpenoid precursors?

Which enzymes biosynthesise individual terpenes?

Which tailoring enzymes modify terpenes?

How are phenylpropanoids recognisable?

Give an example of a phenylpropanoid?

Which biosynthetic pathway are phenylpropanoids synthesised from?

How are alkaloids recognisable?

How are alkaloids biosynthesised?

Which enzymes are involved in the biosynthesis of alkaloids?

Give examples of alkaloids