Amphimedon terpenensis

Garson MJ, Zimmermann MP, Hoberg M, Larsen RM, Battershill CN, Murphy PT (1993) Isolation of Brominated Long-Chain Fatty Acids from the Phospholipids of the Tropical Marine Sponge Amphimedon terpenensis. Lipids 28 1011... 

Simpson, J. S. and Garson, M. J., Advanced precursors in marine biosynthetic study The biosynthesis of diisocyanoadociane in Amphimedon terpenensis, Tetrahedron Lett., 40, 3909, 1999. 

Sillen LG (1967) How have seawater and air got their present compositions Chem Br 1 291-297 Simpson JS, Garson MJ (2004) Biosynthetic pathways to isocyanides and isothiocyanates precursor incorporation studies on terpene metabohtes in the tropical marine sponges Amphimedon terpenensis and Axinyssa n.sp. J Org Biomol Chem 2 939-948... 

Biosynthesis experiments with thioqonate and qranide ions labeled at carbon 14 have shown that they are incorporated in di-isocyanoadociane in the species Amphimedon terpenensis. These ions are thus interconverted by the sponge, and similar results were obtained for the biosynthesis of stylotellanes (Simpson and Garson, 1999) (see Figure 19.51). However, it was not possible to observe incorporation of acetate or mevalonate labeled at carbon 14 in di-isocyanoadociane, also a terpene, but such incorporation does occur in the carotenoids of Amphimedon terpenensis (Garson et al, 1988). 

Garson, M.J., Zimmermarm, M.P., Hoberg, M Larsen, R.M., BattershiU, C.N., and Murphy, P.T. (1993) Isolation of brominated long-chain fatty adds from the phospholipids of the tropical marine sponge Amphimedon terpenensis. lipids, 28,1011-1014. 

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