Mechanism of brevicomin biosynthesis from (Z)-6-nonen-2-one in a bark beetle
摘要:
We have recently shown that (Z)-6-nonen-2-one serves in vivo as a precursor of the widely occurring bark beetle pheromone (+)-exo-brevicomin. The objective of this study was to determine the biochemical mechanism of this transformation. A novel application of stable isotope labeling techniques, involving the incorporation of the stable isotope O-18 from labeled water and oxygen, has now been used to determine the nature of the biosynthetic intermediate and the stereochemistry of the biochemical transformation. The mountain pine beetle (MPB), Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, was used as the test insect. MPBs exposed to [O-18]oxygen gas produced exo-brevicomin that was enriched in two atoms of O-18/molecule, indicating that both oxygens of exo-brevicomin were derived from molecular oxygen. These results indicated that the conversion of (Z)-6-nonen-2-one to (+)-exo-brevicomin proceeded through a keto epoxide intermediate and that the epoxide was not converted to a diol prior to the cyclization. Labeling studies with [O-18]oxygen gas and [O-18]water indicated that the conversion of the keto epoxide to (+)-exo-brevicomin in MPBs proceeded through both enantiomers of the keto epoxide derivative of (Z)-6-nonen-2-one, (6S,7R)-and (6R,7S)-6,7-epoxynonan-2-one. The route through the (6S,7R) keto epoxide was favored in males, while that through the (6R,7S) keto epoxide was favored in females.
Mechanism of brevicomin biosynthesis from (Z)-6-nonen-2-one in a bark beetle
摘要:
We have recently shown that (Z)-6-nonen-2-one serves in vivo as a precursor of the widely occurring bark beetle pheromone (+)-exo-brevicomin. The objective of this study was to determine the biochemical mechanism of this transformation. A novel application of stable isotope labeling techniques, involving the incorporation of the stable isotope O-18 from labeled water and oxygen, has now been used to determine the nature of the biosynthetic intermediate and the stereochemistry of the biochemical transformation. The mountain pine beetle (MPB), Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, was used as the test insect. MPBs exposed to [O-18]oxygen gas produced exo-brevicomin that was enriched in two atoms of O-18/molecule, indicating that both oxygens of exo-brevicomin were derived from molecular oxygen. These results indicated that the conversion of (Z)-6-nonen-2-one to (+)-exo-brevicomin proceeded through a keto epoxide intermediate and that the epoxide was not converted to a diol prior to the cyclization. Labeling studies with [O-18]oxygen gas and [O-18]water indicated that the conversion of the keto epoxide to (+)-exo-brevicomin in MPBs proceeded through both enantiomers of the keto epoxide derivative of (Z)-6-nonen-2-one, (6S,7R)-and (6R,7S)-6,7-epoxynonan-2-one. The route through the (6S,7R) keto epoxide was favored in males, while that through the (6R,7S) keto epoxide was favored in females.
Mechanism of brevicomin biosynthesis from (Z)-6-nonen-2-one in a bark beetle
作者:Desiree Vanderwel、A. Cameron Oehlschlager
DOI:10.1021/ja00039a019
日期:1992.6
We have recently shown that (Z)-6-nonen-2-one serves in vivo as a precursor of the widely occurring bark beetle pheromone (+)-exo-brevicomin. The objective of this study was to determine the biochemical mechanism of this transformation. A novel application of stable isotope labeling techniques, involving the incorporation of the stable isotope O-18 from labeled water and oxygen, has now been used to determine the nature of the biosynthetic intermediate and the stereochemistry of the biochemical transformation. The mountain pine beetle (MPB), Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, was used as the test insect. MPBs exposed to [O-18]oxygen gas produced exo-brevicomin that was enriched in two atoms of O-18/molecule, indicating that both oxygens of exo-brevicomin were derived from molecular oxygen. These results indicated that the conversion of (Z)-6-nonen-2-one to (+)-exo-brevicomin proceeded through a keto epoxide intermediate and that the epoxide was not converted to a diol prior to the cyclization. Labeling studies with [O-18]oxygen gas and [O-18]water indicated that the conversion of the keto epoxide to (+)-exo-brevicomin in MPBs proceeded through both enantiomers of the keto epoxide derivative of (Z)-6-nonen-2-one, (6S,7R)-and (6R,7S)-6,7-epoxynonan-2-one. The route through the (6S,7R) keto epoxide was favored in males, while that through the (6R,7S) keto epoxide was favored in females.