Geraniol diphosphate

In the present review we divide the pathway leading to the Catharanthus alkaloids into five parts (Fig. 2). The first two concern the biosynthesis of tryptophan and geraniol diphosphate they are similar to (or even part of) primary metabolism and occur in all plant species. Whether these pathways in C. roseus are differently regulated, or whether even an additional pathway exists parallel to the normal primary metabolism, is a question not yet answered. The third and the fourth part coneern the steps from tryptophan to tryptamine and from geraniol to secologanin, respectively. Both pathways occur also in other plants, including plants that do not produce terpenoid indole alkaloids. The fifth part is the condensation of secologanin and tryptamine to strictosidine and the subsequent conversion into a plethora... 

Two SN1 reactions occur during the biosynthesis of geraniol, a fragrant alcohol found in roses and used in perfumery. Geraniol biosynthesis begins with dissociation of dimethylallyl diphosphate to give an allylic carbocation, which reacts with isopentenyl diphosphate (Figure IT 15). From the viewpoint of isopentenyl diphosphate, the reaction is an electrophilic alkene addition, but from tile viewpoint of dimethylallyl diphosphate, the process in an Sjjl reaction in which the carbocation intermediate reacts with a double bond as the nucleophile. 

Following this initial SN1 reaction, loss of the pro-R hydrogen gives geranyl diphosphate, itself an allylic diphosphate that dissociates a second time. Reaction of the geranyl carbocation with water in a second S>jl reaction, followed by loss of a proton, then yields geraniol. 

Figure 11.15 Biosynthesis of geraniol from dimethylallyl diphosphate. Two Sfvjl reactions occur, both with diphosphate ion as the leaving group.

Problem 11.14 j Review the mechanism of geraniol biosynthesis shown in Figure 11.15, and then propose a mechanism for the biosynthesis of limonene from linalyl diphosphate. 

The conversion of isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) to terpenoids begins with its isomerization to dimethylallyl diphosphate, abbreviated DMAPP and formerly called dimethylallyl pyrophosphate. These two C5 building blocks then combine to give the C10 unit geranyl diphosphate (GPP). The corresponding alcohol, geraniol, is itself a fragrant terpenoid that occurs in rose oil. 

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Fig. 1.8 Catalytic activities of the isoprenyl diphosphate synthases PalDSl, PaIDS4, PaIDS5, and PaIDS6 after heterologous expression in colL Products were measured by radio-gas chromatography (plotted in Bequcrcl, upper four panels) and identified by co-injection of non-radioactive terpenc standards, detected via a thermal conductivity detector (plotted as detector response, bottom panel). The main products after acid hydrolysis are listed G, geraniol F, farnesol and GG, geranylgeraniol. Bacteria containing only the expression vector without an isoprenyl diphosphate synthase sequence show ed no enzyme activity (top panel).

It was further predicted that the monoterpenoid precursor could well be "the glucoside loganin" ( 65). It is now known that loganin arises in the plants from two mevalonate units. One of which is transformed by a series of steps into isopentenyl diphosphate (66) and the other into dime-thyallylpyrophosphate (67 ). Combination of these two units leads to geraniol (68-73), then to loganin (74-76) and finally into secologanin (77, 78). 

The enzyme-catalyzed reactions that lead to geraniol and farnesol (as their diphosphate esters) are mechanistically related to the acid-catalyzed dimerization of alkenes discussed in Section 6.21. The reaction of an ally lie diphosphate or a carbocation with a source of 7T electrons is a recurring theme in terpene biosynthesis and is invoked to explain the origin of more complicated structural types. Consider, for example, the formation of cyclic monoterpenes. Neryl diphosphate, formed by an enzyme-catalyzed isomerization of the E double bond in geranyl diphosphate, has the proper geometry to form a six-membered ring via intramolecular attack of the double bond on the allylic diphosphate unit. 

Whole cell-mediated reduction of geraniol to citronello Multi-enzymatic fructose-l,6-diphosphate production Bacterial treatment of metal-containing wastewaters Bacterial treatment of chlorinated-wastewaters Cell-free luciferase synthesis... 

Fig. 7.37 In vivo degradation of carotenes in ripe fruits of Solanum lycopersicum leading to volatile monoterpenoids and Cjj or norterpenoids the alternative pathway lycopene geranial represents a biochemical convergence to the classical route geranyl diphosphate —> geraniol —> geranial known from other plants containing essential oQs...

Hydrolysis of geranyl diphosphate gives geraniol, a pleasant-smelling monoterpene found in rose oil. 

Aqueous hydrolysis of geranyl and famesyl diphosphates forms the monoterpene geraniol and the sesquiterpene famesol, respectively. 

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