Twenty oxygenated aristolochene congeners were rapidly synthesised by combining genes from four different fungal pathways in the fungal host organism Aspergillus oryzae. Compounds produced in a single step include the natural product hypoxylan A and an epimer of guignaderemophilane C. A new fungal aromatase was discovered that produces phenols by oxidative demethylation.
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