title: Biosynthesis of psoralens. Psoralen 5-monooxygenase activity from elicitor-treated Ammi majus cells.
abstract: Microsomes prepared from cultured Ammi majus cells that had been challenged for 14 h with an elicitor derived from the cell walls of Phytophthora megasperma f.sp. glycinea (Pmg) converted psoralen to bergaptol (5-hydroxypsoralen) in the presence of NADPH and oxygen. The enzymatic activity was characterized as an inducible cytochrome-P-450-dependent monooxygenase associated with the endoplasmic reticulum. All of the steps involved in bergapten (5-methoxypsoralen) biosynthesis in Ammi majus have now been demonstrated in vitro. The results suggest that bergaptol and not hydroxymarmesin in the precursor of bergapten.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Biochemie der Pflanzen, Biologisches Institut II, Universität Freiburg, FRG.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hamerski
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Matern
mesh_terms: D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D011564:Furocoumarins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007700:Kinetics; D008027:Light; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology*; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D011564:Furocoumarins; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; C050853:psoralen synthase