Title |
Biosynthesis of allene oxides in Physcomitrella patens
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Published in |
BMC Plant Biology, November 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2229-12-228 |
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Authors |
Julia Scholz, Florian Brodhun, Ellen Hornung, Cornelia Herrfurth, Michael Stumpe, Anna K Beike, Bernd Faltin, Wolfgang Frank, Ralf Reski, Ivo Feussner |
Abstract |
The moss Physcomitrella patens contains C18- as well as C20-polyunsaturated fatty acids that can be metabolized by different enzymes to form oxylipins such as the cyclopentenone cis(+)-12-oxo phytodienoic acid. Mutants defective in the biosynthesis of cyclopentenones showed reduced fertility, aberrant sporophyte morphology and interrupted sporogenesis. The initial step in this biosynthetic route is the conversion of a fatty acid hydroperoxide to an allene oxide. This reaction is catalyzed by allene oxide synthase (AOS) belonging as hydroperoxide lyase (HPL) to the cytochrome P450 family Cyp74. In this study we characterized two AOS from P. patens, PpAOS1 and PpAOS2. |
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