Terpenoid biosynthesis from 1-deoxy-d-xylulose in higher plants by intramolecular skeletal rearrangement

AUTOR(ES)

Arigoni, Duilio

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences of the USA

RESUMO

The incorporation of [1-13C]- and [2,3,4,5-13C4]1-deoxy-d-xylulose into β-carotene, lutein, phytol, and sitosterol in a cell culture of Catharanthus roseus was analyzed by NMR spectroscopy. The labeling patterns of the isoprene precursors, isopentenyl pyrophosphate and dimethylallyl pyrophosphate, were obtained from the terpenes by a retrobiosynthetic approach. 13C Enrichment and 13C13C coupling patterns showed conclusively that 1-deoxy-d-xylulose and not mevalonate is the predominant isoprenoid precursor of phytol, β-carotene, and lutein. Label from 1-deoxyxylulose was also diverted to phytosterols to a minor extent (6% relative to carotene and phytol formation). The data demonstrate that the formation of isopentenyl pyrophosphate from pentulose occurs strictly by an intramolecular rearrangement process.

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