BIOSYNTHESIS OF PHENOLIC ACIDS BY CERTAIN WOOD-DESTROYING BASIDIOMYCETES
- 31 August 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 43 (9) , 1397-1407
- https://doi.org/10.1139/o65-157
Abstract
These fungi were shown to possess ammonia-lyases for L-phenylalanine and L-tyrosine, with the former enzyme usually predominating. Growing cultures of a strain of Lentinus lepideus produced isoferulic acid (3-hydroxy-4-methoxycinnamic acid), which was released into the medium as an ester, probably the methyl ester. Tracer studies suggest it is formed from glucose via phenylalanine and cinnamic acid derivatives. L-Tyrosine and sodium acetate were poor precursors. Replacement cultures did not form isoferulic acid but converted L-phenylalanine, L-tyrosine, and p-hydroxyphenyllactic acid to p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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