Unlocking the diversity of alkaloids in Catharanthus roseus: nuclear localization suggests metabolic channeling in secondary metabolism

The extraordinary chemical diversity of the plant-derived monoterpene indole alkaloids, which include vinblastine, quinine, and strychnine, originates from a single biosynthetic intermediate, strictosidine aglycone. Here we report for the first time the cloning of a biosynthetic gene and characterization of the corresponding enzyme that acts at this crucial branchpoint. This enzyme, an alcohol dehydrogenase homolog, converts strictosidine aglycone to the heteroyohimbine-type alkaloid tetrahydroalstonine. We also demonstrate how this enzyme, which uses a highly reactive substrate, may interact with the upstream enzyme of the pathway..

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Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

Chemistry & biology - 22(2015), 3, Seite 336-341

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stavrinides, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Tatsis, Evangelos C [Sonstige Person]
Foureau, Emilien [Sonstige Person]
Caputi, Lorenzo [Sonstige Person]
Kellner, Franziska [Sonstige Person]
Courdavault, Vincent [Sonstige Person]
O'Connor, Sarah E [Sonstige Person]

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Brief Communication

doi:

10.1016/j.chembiol.2015.02.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1959996509