Biosynthetic Pathway for the C45 Polyprenol, Solanesol, in Tobacco

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 2004 English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, volume 68, pages 1,988-1,990 (issn: 0916-8451, eissn: 1347-6947,

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Authors: Ei'ichiro, Fukusaki; Shinya, Takeno; Takeshi, Bamba; Hiroshi, Okumoto; Hiroko, Katto; Shin'ichiro, Kajiyama; Akio, Kobayashi;

doi: 10.1271/bbb.68.1988

pmid: 15388978

Biosynthetic Pathway for the C45 Polyprenol, Solanesol, in Tobacco

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Abstract

Feeding experiments were independently performed with [1-13C]deoxy-D-xylulose triacetate and (RS)-[2-13C]mevalonolactone in the tobacco plant. The labeling pattern for solanesol was elucidated to reveal that the isoprene moiety of solanesol would be derived from deoxy-xylulose. The result strongly suggests that tobacco solanesol is biosynthesized via the 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway.

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Osaka University
Japan
Department of Biotechnology
India
Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts
Japan

Keywords

Nicotiana, Terpenes, Xylulose, Erythritol, Hemiterpenes, Pentanes, Butadienes, Sugar Phosphates, Carbon Radioisotopes, Radioactive Tracers

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