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. 2001 Mar;268(5):1323-31.
doi: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.01998.x.

Novel methylated triterpenoids of the gammacerane series from the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110

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Novel methylated triterpenoids of the gammacerane series from the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110

J M Bravo et al. Eur J Biochem. 2001 Mar.
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Abstract

The nitrogen-fixing, symbiotic root-nodule forming bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110 contained gammacerane derivatives next to triterpenoids of the hopane series. Diploptene, diplopterol, 2 beta-methyldiplopterol, aminobacteriohopanetriol and adenosylhopane were accompanied by tetrahymanol and the corresponding novel methylated homologues 2 beta-methyltetrahymanol, 20 alpha-methyltetrahymanol, and 2 beta,20 alpha-dimethyltetrahymanol. Incorporation of [(2)H(3)]methyl-L-methionine indicated that the additional methyl groups originated from methionine, probably with S-adenosylmethionine acting as methyl donor, with retention of the three deuterium atoms. The simultaneous presence of hopane and gammacerane derivatives seems a characteristic feature of the genus Bradyrhizobium and the phylogenetically closely related Rhodopseudomonas palustris.

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