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PHYTOCHEMISTRY
卷 69, 期 15, 页码 2737-2742出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2008.09.008
关键词
Arabidopsis thaliana; 4-Methylsulfinylbutylglucosinolate; Absolute configuration; Epimeric purity; Flavin monooxygenase; Glucoraphanin; Glucosinolate; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Sulforaphane; Sulfoxide
资金
- Max Planck Society
Glucosinolates are plant metabolites containing an anionic nitrogeneous thioglucosidic core structure and a structurally diverse amino acid-derived side chain, which after hydrolysis by thioglucohydrolases (myrosinases) afford biological active degradation products such as nitriles and isothiocyanates. Structural diversity in glucosinolates is partially due to enzymatic modifications occurring on the preformed core structure, like the recently described oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides catalyzed by a flavin monooxygenase identified in Arabidopsis thaliana. The enzyme product, 4-methylsulfinylbutylglucosinolate, bears a chiral sulfoxide group in its side chain. We have analyzed the epimeric purity of 4-methylsulfinylbutylglucosinolate by NMR methods using a chiral lanthanide shift reagent. The absolute configuration of the sulfoxide group has been established by comparing the H-1 NMR spectra of the two sulfoximine diastereomers of natural 4-methylsulfinylbutylglucosinolate. According to our data, 4-methylsulfinylbutylglucosinolate isolated from broccoli and A. thaliana is a pure epimer and its sulfoxide group has the R-S configuration. The product of the A. thaliana flavin monooxygenase has these same properties demonstrating that the enzyme is stereospecific and supporting its involvement in glucosinolate side chain formation. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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