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.