Compound: Diosgenin

MF

C27H42O3

MW

414.63

Function

a traditional precursor of most hormonal drugs

Basic Organisms

Paris polyphylla

Precursor

cholesterol

Host

Nicotiana benthamiana

Synthesis Type

Transient expression

Downstream Gene

CYP

Pathway

pathway

Reference

Christ B, Xu C, Xu M, et al. Repeated evolution of cytochrome P450-mediated spiroketal steroid biosynthesis in plants[J]. Nature communications, 2019, 10(1): 1-11.