BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE HETEROCYST GLYCOLIPIDS IN THE CYANOBACTERIUM ANABAENA-CYLINDRICA

Authors
GAMBACORTA A SORIENTE A TRINCONE A SODANO G
Citation
A. Gambacorta et al., BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE HETEROCYST GLYCOLIPIDS IN THE CYANOBACTERIUM ANABAENA-CYLINDRICA, Phytochemistry, 39(4), 1995, pp. 771-774
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Phytochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319422
Volume
39
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
771 - 774
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9422(1995)39:4<771:BOTHGI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Incorporation of [1-C-13] acetate into the heterocyst glycolipids of t he cyanobacterium Anabaena cylindrica indicated that (i) the long chai n of the aglycones originates from a de novo biosynthesis and not by e longation of a preformed shorter molecule and that (ii) there is no ap parent interconversion between the hydroxyketone and alcohol glucoside s.