title: Catabolism of geraniol by cell suspension cultures of Citrus limon.
abstract: The addition of geraniol to cell suspension cultures of Citrus limon resulted in the rapid formation of nerol, citronellol, geranic acid and citronellic acid. Concurrently, a transient accumulation of bound forms of branched chain fatty acids, and, with a few hours delay, of regular chain C2 to C12 fatty acids was elicited. A concerted action of combined alpha/beta-oxidation enzymes on the terpenic acids, followed by an enlarged acetyl CoA pool is suggested. Terpene catabolism in plants and in vitro plant cells is discussed.
authors: Institut für Lebensmitteltechnologie und Analytische Chemie, Technischen Universität München, F.R.G.
authors: R G
authors: RG
authors: Berger
authors: Z
authors: Z
authors: Akkan
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Drawert
mesh_terms: D000080462:Acyclic Monoterpenes; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D008027:Light; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D013729:Terpenes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000080462:Acyclic Monoterpenes; D013729:Terpenes; C007836:geraniol