Cell-free conversion of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate and 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate into β-carotene in higher plants and its inhibition by fosmidomycin

Autor: Ulrich H. Maier, Klaus Kis, Adelbert Bacher, Meinhart H. Zenk, Monika Fellermeier, Silvia Sagner
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Tetrahedron Letters. 40:2743-2746
ISSN: 0040-4039
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(99)00361-5
Popis: The presence of the deoxyxylulose pathway in chromo- and chloroplasts of various higher plants was demonstrated by the conversion of labelled 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate into β-carotene and geranylgeraniol, in the presence of ATP. The antibiotic fosmidomycin inhibited the formation of terpenoids from 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate, whereas it did not affect the conversion of 2- C -methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate or isopentenyl diphosphate into terpenoids.
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