Stereochemistry of the carbon to carbon bond formation in the biosynthesis of polyprepenyl chains with Z double bonds. Studies with undecaprenyl-pyrophosphate synthetase
Stereochemistry of the carbon to carbon bond formation in the biosynthesis of polyprepenyl chains with Z double bonds. Studies with undecaprenyl-pyrophosphate synthetase
When (E,E)-farnesol was enzymatically synthesized from an equimolar mixture of 3,3-dimethylallyl pyrophosphate and (E)- or (Z)-[4-2H]isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) in the presence of iodoacetamide with a farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase fraction prepared from Pisum sativum, the unusual addition of allylic residue to the re-re, face of the carbon-carbon double bond of IPP was found to occur. This