IS ISOPRENE EMITTED BY PLANTS SYNTHESIZED VIA THE NOVEL ISOPENTENYL PYROPHOSPHATE PATHWAY

Authors
ZEIDLER JG LICHTENTHALER HK MAY HU LICHTENTHALER FW
Citation
Jg. Zeidler et al., IS ISOPRENE EMITTED BY PLANTS SYNTHESIZED VIA THE NOVEL ISOPENTENYL PYROPHOSPHATE PATHWAY, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. C, A journal of biosciences, 52(1-2), 1997, pp. 15-23
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. C, A journal of biosciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
09395075
Volume
52
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
15 - 23
Database
ISI
SICI code
0939-5075(1997)52:1-2<15:IIEBPS>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The incorporation of deuterium labeled l-deoxy-D-xylulose into isopren e, emitted by three higher plants upon illumination, was analysed by h eadspace GC-MS. A high extent of incorporation into isoprene was found , indicating that isoprene is synthesized in higher plants via the nov el isopentenyl pyrophosphate pathway, of which 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-ph osphate is an intermediate. A new chemical synthesis of methyl [1-H-2( 1)]-1-deoxy-alpha/beta-D-xyluloside from D-xylulose is presented.