“…11,12) A genetic study of a nonribosomal peptide synthetase gene, ftmA, and biochemical studies of two prenyltransferase genes, ftmB and ftmH (also termed ftmPT1 and ftmPT2, respectively), showed that the ftm cluster is associated with the FTM biosynthetic pathway, 4,13,14) but no FTM production was detected in a genome reference strain of A. fumigatus, Af293. 13) Hence, we utilized an FTMproducing strain of A. fumigatus, BM939, 15) to dissect the FTM pathway, and demonstrated the functions of three cytochrome P450s, FtmC, FtmE, and FtmG, in the biosynthetic pathway. 8) In addition, a unique function of -ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase FtmF (also termed ftmOx1), which catalyzes endoperoxide bond formation in verruculogen, was recently reported.…”