Identification of Intermediates and Enzymes Involved in the Early Steps of Artemisinin Biosynthesis in<i>Artemisia annua</i>
作者:C. M. Bertea、J. R. Freije、H. van der Woude、F. W. Verstappen、L. Perk、V. Marquez、J-W. De Kraker、M. A. Posthumus、B. J. Jansen、Ae. de Groot、M. C. Franssen、H. J. Bouwmeester
DOI:10.1055/s-2005-837749
日期:2005.1
An important group of antimalarial drugs consists of the endoperoxide sesquiterpene lactone artemisinin and its derivatives. Only little is known about the biosynthesis of artemisinin in Artemisia annua L., particularly about the early enzymatic steps between amorpha-4,11-diene and dihydroartemisinic acid. Analyses of the terpenoids from A. annua leaves and gland secretory cells revealed the presence of the oxygenated amorpha-4,11-diene derivatives artemisinic alcohol, dihydroartemisinic alcohol, artemisinic aldehyde, dihydroartemisinic aldehyde and dihydroartemisinic acid. We also demonstrated the presence of a number of biosynthetic enzymes such as the amorpha-4,11-diene synthase and the - so far unknown - amorpha-4,11-diene hydroxylase as well as artemisinic alcohol and dihydroartemisinic aldehyde dehydrogenase activities in both leaves and glandular trichomes. From these results, we hypothesise that the early steps in artemisinin biosynthesis involve amorpha-4,11-diene hydroxylation to artemisinic alcohol, followed by oxidation to artemisinic aldehyde, reduction of the C11-C13 double bond to dihydroartemisinic aldehyde and oxidation to dihydroartemisinic acid.
一组重要的抗疟药物包括内酯倍半萜内酯青蒿素及其衍生物。人们对青蒿中青蒿素的生物合成知之甚少,尤其是对青蒿-4,11-二烯和二氢青蒿酸之间的早期酶解步骤知之甚少。对黄花蒿叶片和腺体分泌细胞中的萜类化合物进行分析后发现,其中存在含氧的 amorpha-4,11-二烯衍生物青蒿醇、二氢青蒿醇、青蒿醛、二氢青蒿醛和二氢青蒿酸。我们还证明了叶片和腺毛中存在多种生物合成酶,如青蒿-4,11-二烯合成酶和迄今未知的青蒿-4,11-二烯羟化酶,以及青蒿醇和二氢青蒿醛脱氢酶的活性。根据这些结果,我们推测青蒿素生物合成的早期步骤包括将 amorpha-4,11-二烯羟基化为青蒿醇,然后氧化为青蒿醛,将 C11-C13 双键还原为双氢青蒿醛,再氧化为双氢青蒿酸。