BIOSYNTHESIS OF TETRAPONERINE-6 - EVIDENCE THAT 2 DIFFERENT PATHWAYS ARE OPERATING IN THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE 2 TETRAPONERINE SKELETONS

Authors
DEVIJVER C BRAEKMAN JC DALOZE D PASTEELS JM
Citation
C. Devijver et al., BIOSYNTHESIS OF TETRAPONERINE-6 - EVIDENCE THAT 2 DIFFERENT PATHWAYS ARE OPERATING IN THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE 2 TETRAPONERINE SKELETONS, Chemical communications, (7), 1997, pp. 661-662
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Chemical communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
13597345
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
661 - 662
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-7345(1997):7<661:BOT-ET>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Evidence is presented showing that tetraponerine-6 2a from Tetraponera sp. ants is biosynthesized from two molecules of putrescine and a sev en-carbon moiety coming from an eight-carbon polyacetate chain through decarboxylation, in contrast with tetraponerine-8 la, which derives f rom one putrescine unit and a twelve-carbon polyacetate precursor.