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Norikazu Sakakibara1, Shiro Suzuki, Toshiaki Umezawa
1Wood Research Institute, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
Abstract:
Little is known about the biosynthesis of yatein, in spite of its importance as a typical heartwood lignan and a key biosynthetic intermediate of the antitumor lignan podophyllotoxin. The present study, based on individual administration of [13C]phenylalanine and deuterium labelled lignans and simultaneous administration of two distinct lignans labelled with deuterium atoms to Anthriscus sylvestris, established the two independent branch pathways from matairesinol, one to afford yatein via thujaplicatin, 5-methylthujaplicatin, and 4,5-dimethylthujaplicatin and the other to bursehernin via pluviatolide. The latter pathway did not lead to yatein, eliminating the presence of a metabolic grid from matairesinol to yatein.
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