Abstract
Enzymes for the methylation of 1hydroxycanthin-6-one and a series of coumarins have been isolated from Ailanthus altissima cell suspension cultures. The coumarin methyltransferases methylate aesculetin to scopoletin and isoscopoletin, but not scopoletin, to scoparone. Fraxetin was methylated to isofraxidine but not to fraxidine and only fraxidine was methylated to 6,7,8-trimethoxycoumarin. These enzymes were studied throughout the culture growth cycle with two cell lines: 1, which produced 1-methoxycanthin-6-one as the major alkaloid and 2, in which canthin-6-one was the major alkaloid.
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Abbreviations
- UV:
-
ultraviolet
- DEAE:
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diethylaminoethyl
- dw:
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dry weight
- MS:
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mass spectrometry
- NMR:
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nuclear magnetic resonance
- TLC:
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thin layer chromatography
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Osoba, O.A., Roberts, M.F. Methyltransferase activity in Allanthm altissima cell suspension cultures. Plant Cell Reports 13, 277–281 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00233319
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00233319