Baccatin III is an isolate from the yew tree (Genera Taxus).

Baccatin III is a precursor to the anti-cancer drug paclitaxel (Taxol).

In 2014, researchers reported introduction and expression of the endophytic fungal gene responsible for synthesizing baccatin III (10-deacetylbaccatin III 10-O-acetyltransferase), to the mushroom Flammulina velutipes.

[1] Researchers achieved the same accomplishment with Escherichia coli in 2000.

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