Comparison of geranylgeranyl and phytyl substituted methylquinols in the tocopherol synthesis of spinach chloroplasts

Soll, J.; Schultz, G.

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 91(3): 715-720

1979


ISSN/ISBN: 0006-291X
PMID: 526275
Document Number: 153159
Geranylgeranyl substituted methylquinols are precursors of tocopherol biosynthesis in spinach chloroplasts as well as phytyl substituted ones. The geranylgeranyl substituted quinols are methylated even to a greater extent than the phytyl substituted ones. The connection to the biosynthetic origin of .alpha.-tocopherol is probably .gamma.-tocotrienol which is hydrogenated to .gamma.-tocopherol and then further methylated to .alpha.-tocopherol.

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