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Although the ginkgo genome contains a large and diverse family of cytochrome P450s (CYPs), only a few CYPs involved in the early steps of ginkgolide biosynthesis have been identified so far. As a result, the contribution of CYP-mediated oxidation to the diversity of ginkgo\u2019s diterpene metabolism remains poorly understood. In this study, we used a constructed diterpenoid-producing yeast chassis for rapid functional screening and identified two cytochrome P450 oxidases from\n                    <jats:italic>G. biloba<\/jats:italic>\n                    : Gb_04669 (GbCYP7005C1) and Gb_33836 (CYP720B2). Gb_04669 catalyzed the oxidation of abietane-type diterpenoids, yielding 2\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n                    -hydroxyabietadiene and ginkgosinoic acid A. On the other hand, Gb_33836 catalyzed the C-19 oxidation of labdane-related alcohol substrates, producing isocupressic acid at a titer of 211.24 \u00b1 9.98 \u03bcg\/L in the engineered yeast strain. The contrasting product profiles of these two enzymes demonstrate the distinct catalytic activities of the CYP7005C and CYP720B families in\n                    <jats:italic>G. biloba<\/jats:italic>\n                    toward different diterpene scaffolds and extend our knowledge of P450-mediated early diterpenoid oxidation in gymnosperms. Our study expanded the substrate profile of CYP720Bs by showing that the ginkgo CYP720B acts on bicyclic diterpenes. This is different from previously characterized conifer CYP720Bs, which act on tricyclic diterpenes. These results provide new insights into the evolutionary diversification of this enzyme family. Collectively, this study highlights the value of the engineered yeast chassis for accelerating the discovery of plant diterpenoid oxidases and provides new enzymatic tools for the future biosynthetic production of structurally diverse oxidized diterpenoids.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpls.2026.1943006","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,16]],"date-time":"2026-09-16T05:30:47Z","timestamp":1789536647000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Functional identification of two cytochrome P450 enzymes involved in diterpenoid oxidation in Ginkgo biloba"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Lu","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine","place":["Guiyang, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yue","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Innovation Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhen","family":"Fan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ying","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Innovation Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ying","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Innovation Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qiang","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guo-Qiang","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Innovation Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine","place":["Shanghai, China"]},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gong-Li","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ying","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine","place":["Guiyang, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sheng","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Innovation Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine","place":["Shanghai, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"8704","DOI":"10.1021\/acs.jafc.4c01203","article-title":"Reprogramming the metabolism of yeast for high-level production of miltiradiene","volume":"72","author":"Bai","year":"2024","journal-title":"J. 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