Substrate specificity in the biosynthesis of cyclopentanoid cyanohydrin glucosides
ES Olafsdottir, LB Jørgensen, JW Jaroszewski
Index: Olafsdottir, Elin S.; Joergensen, Lise Bolt; Jaroszewski, Jerzy W. Phytochemistry (Elsevier), 1992 , vol. 31, # 12 p. 4129 - 4134
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Abstract
Abstract The biosynthesis of deidaclin in Turnera angustifolia and of linamarin in Passiflora morifolia were investigated using intact plant tissues. Radiolabelled precursors, 2-(2′- cyclopentenyl)[2-14 C] glycine and l-[U-14 C]-valine were fed to freshly harvested shoots either alone or together with the presumed nitrile intermediates, 2-cyclopentenecarbonitrile and 2-methylpropanenitrile. The cyanohydrin glucosides were isolated and purified, and ...
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