Stereochemical studies on homoterpene biosynthesis in higher plants; mechanistic, phylogenetic, and ecological aspects

…, W Boland, U Preiss, H Simon

文献索引：Gaebler, Andreas; Boland, Wilhelm; Preiss, Ute; Simon, Helmut Helvetica Chimica Acta, 1991 , vol. 74, # 8 p. 1773 - 1789

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Abstract In higher plants, the two homotcrpenes 4, 8-dimethylnona-l, 3, 7-triene (1) and 4, 8, 12-trimethyltrideca-1, 3, 7, 11-teiracnc (2) originate from nerolidol (3) or geranyllinalool (4) by anoxidative cleavage of their C-skele-lons. The reaction proceeds with exclusive loss of H 8–C (5) of 3 and formal production of a C 4 fragment. The site specificity of the enzyme (s) is identical for all of the hitherto examined plant families (Agavaceae, Asclepiadaceae, ...