BIOSYNTHESIS OF 2-C-METHYL-D-ERYTHRITOL IN PLANTS BY REARRANGEMENT OFTHE TERPENOID PRECURSOR, 1-DEOXY-D-XYLULOSE 5-PHOSPHATE

Authors
SAGNER S EISENREICH W FELLERMEIER M LATZEL C BACHER A ZENK MH
Citation
S. Sagner et al., BIOSYNTHESIS OF 2-C-METHYL-D-ERYTHRITOL IN PLANTS BY REARRANGEMENT OFTHE TERPENOID PRECURSOR, 1-DEOXY-D-XYLULOSE 5-PHOSPHATE, Tetrahedron letters, 39(15), 1998, pp. 2091-2094
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
39
Issue
15
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2091 - 2094
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1998)39:15<2091:BO2IPB>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Leaves of Liriodendron tulipifera convert 1-deoxy-D-xylulose to 2-C-me thyl-D-erythritol via a skeletal rearrangement reminiscent of the form ation of terpene precursors from l-deoxy-D-xylulose. The data suggest that 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate is either an intermediate or a side product of the deoxyxylulose 4-phosphate pathway of terpenoid b iosynthesis. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.