A survey of the nature of glucose acylation reactions in plant extracts
摘要:
A variety of plant species have been shown to catalyse anomeric acyl exchange from a number of 1-O-fatty-acyl-beta-glucoses as donor substrates to [(14)C]-glucose as an acceptor. The activity in wild tomato Lycopersicon penneliii has been analysed in detail by using analogs of glucose as accepters and a number of 1-O-acyl-beta-glucoses and 1-O-acyl-2-deoxyglucoses as acyl donors. Compared to 1-O-isobutyryl-beta-glucose, the analogous 1-O-isobutyryl-beta-2-deoxyglucose is an effective donor both to glucose (ca. 75%) and to 2-deoxyglucose (ca. 95%). On the contrary, compared to 1-O-isobutyryl-beta-glucose, 1-O-isobutyryl-alpha-2-deoxyglucose is a poor donor both to glucose (ca. 4%) and to deoxyglucose (ca. 6%). The glucose analogs free at the anomeric center such as 3-O-methylglucose and 2-deoxyglucose are competent acyl accepters from various 1-O-acyl-beta-glucoses whereas 1-O-methylglucose is not. The primary initial product of acyl transfer from 1-O-isobutyryl-beta-glucose to [(14)C]-glucose is beta-glucosidase-cleavable 1-O-acyl-[(14)C]-beta-glucose, whereas the isobutyryl-[(14)C]-3-O-methylglucose generated from 1-O-isobutyryl-beta-glucose and [(14)C]-3-O-methylglucose is beta-glucosidase-resistant. The transfer of the acyl group to 3-O-methylglucose occurs at the anomeric center; therefore the resistance to beta-glucosidase reflects the strict specificity of beta-glucosidase for glucose. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
A survey of the nature of glucose acylation reactions in plant extracts
摘要:
A variety of plant species have been shown to catalyse anomeric acyl exchange from a number of 1-O-fatty-acyl-beta-glucoses as donor substrates to [(14)C]-glucose as an acceptor. The activity in wild tomato Lycopersicon penneliii has been analysed in detail by using analogs of glucose as accepters and a number of 1-O-acyl-beta-glucoses and 1-O-acyl-2-deoxyglucoses as acyl donors. Compared to 1-O-isobutyryl-beta-glucose, the analogous 1-O-isobutyryl-beta-2-deoxyglucose is an effective donor both to glucose (ca. 75%) and to 2-deoxyglucose (ca. 95%). On the contrary, compared to 1-O-isobutyryl-beta-glucose, 1-O-isobutyryl-alpha-2-deoxyglucose is a poor donor both to glucose (ca. 4%) and to deoxyglucose (ca. 6%). The glucose analogs free at the anomeric center such as 3-O-methylglucose and 2-deoxyglucose are competent acyl accepters from various 1-O-acyl-beta-glucoses whereas 1-O-methylglucose is not. The primary initial product of acyl transfer from 1-O-isobutyryl-beta-glucose to [(14)C]-glucose is beta-glucosidase-cleavable 1-O-acyl-[(14)C]-beta-glucose, whereas the isobutyryl-[(14)C]-3-O-methylglucose generated from 1-O-isobutyryl-beta-glucose and [(14)C]-3-O-methylglucose is beta-glucosidase-resistant. The transfer of the acyl group to 3-O-methylglucose occurs at the anomeric center; therefore the resistance to beta-glucosidase reflects the strict specificity of beta-glucosidase for glucose. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Chain length specific UDP-GLC: fatty acid glucosyltransferases
申请人:Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
公开号:US06011145A1
公开(公告)日:2000-01-04
Enzyme activities which transfer glucose from uridine 5'-diphosphate glucose to fatty acids to form 1-O-acyl-.beta.-glucoses which act as acyl donors in the esterification of glucose and further esterification of partially acylated glucose and in the esterification of sucrose and further esterification of partially acylated sucrose, are separated according to specificity for transferring glucose to short, medium or long chain length fatty acids. DNA molecules coding for the enzyme activities are isolated. Methods for preparing 1-O-acyl-.beta.-D-glucoses comprise reacting uridine 5'-diphosphate glucose and fatty acid in the presence of the appropriate enzyme activity.