title: Stereochemical course of pheromone biosynthesis in the arctiid moth, Creatonotos transiens.
abstract: The biosynthetic conversion of a pyrrolizidine alkaloid (heliotrine, IV) to a male moth pheromone (hydroxydanaidal, III) is found to proceed with inversion of configuration at the remaining asymmetric center (C-7).
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000378:metabolism*; D009036:Moths / Q000378:metabolism*; D010675:Pheromones / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011763:Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010675:Pheromones; D011763:Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids; C010178:heliotrine