Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv3377c encodes the diterpene cyclase for producing the halimane skeleton

Abstract
The cloning and functional expression of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv3377c in Escherichia coli revealed that this gene encodes the diterpene cyclase for producing (+)-5(6),13-halimadiene-15-ol, which accepts geranylgeranyldiphosphate as the intrinsic substrate.