Open AccessBiosynthesis of Umbelliferose in Aegopodium podagraria
Author(s) -
Herbert Hopf,
O. Kandler
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.54.1.13
Subject(s) - sucrose , trisaccharide , biosynthesis , chemistry , galactose , enzyme , biochemistry , acceptor , stereochemistry , physics , condensed matter physics
The following reaction leading to the synthesis of the trisaccharide umbelliferose was demonstrated in an enzyme preparation from leaves of Aegopodium podagraria L.: sucrose + UDP-gal-(14)C --> umbelliferose-(14)C + UDP. Neither galactinol nor galactose 1-phosphate could replace UDP-gal. Among 10 different sugars tested only sucrose was a suitable galatosyl acceptor.
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