Shikimate hydroxycinnamoyltransferase

Figure 4 Current view of the phenylpropanoid pathway to the monolignols 19-23. 4CL, 4-hydroxycinnamate coenzyme Aligases pC3H , p-coumarate 3-hydroxylase C4H, cinnamate 4-hydroxylase CAD, cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenases CCOMT, hydroxycinnamoyl CoA O-methyltransferases CCR, cinnamoyl-CoA oxidoreductases COMT, caffeic acid O-methyltransferases F5H , ferulate 5-hydroxylase HCT, hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA shikimate hydroxycinnamoyltransferase HOT, hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA quinate hydroxycinnamoyltransferase PAL, phenylalanine ammonia lyase TAL, tyrosine ammonia lyase.

HAL and PAL Proposed Tyr loop-in model for breathing motion tor substrate access The molecular basis of PAL and TAL substrate versatility Hydroxycinnamoyl CoA Shikimate/Quinate Hydroxycinnamoyltransferase Cytochrome P-450 Hydroxylation Reactions (Cinnamate 4-Hydroxylase, p-Coumarate 3-Hydroxylase , and Ferulate 5-Hydroxylase ) Comparison to Bacterial/Mammalian P-450s Subcellular localization of C4H, pC3H , and F5H ... 

Hydroxycinnamoyl CoAishikimate/quinate hydroxycinnamoyltransferase (HCT, EC 2.3.1.133) catalyzes esterification of shikimate (29) and quinate (28) with -coumaroyl CoA (9) to afford the corresponding esters 25 and 24, respectively. This biochemical conversion was discovered by Stockigt and Zenk, with later studies describing its partial purification and the reversibility of the enzymatic conversion. Interestingly, this step has now been established as the forerunner to the second hydroxylation (at C3) to ultimately afford caffeoyl CoA (10) (see Figure 4). As for PAL/TAL, this protein is considered cytosolic, as the enzyme contains... 

Figure 3.1 Primary flux of carbon through phenylpropanoid pathway in Arabidopsis. PAL, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase 4CL, 4-(hydroxy)cinnamoyl CoA ligase C4H, cinnamate 4-hydroxylase HCT, hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA shikimate/quinate hydroxycinnamoyltransferase C3 H, /7-coumaroylshikimate 3 -hydroxylase CCoAOMT, caffeoyl CoA O-methyltransferase F5H, ferulate 5-hydroxylase COMT, caffeic acid/5-hydroxyferulic acid o-methyltransferase CCR, cinnamoyl CoA reductase CAD, cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase. Not depicted is the HCT catalyzed synthesis of/r-coumaroyl quinate.

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