title: Dolichols of the fern Matteucia struthiopteris.
abstract: Dolichols isolated from leaves of the fern Matteucia struthiopteris were present as a mixture of prenologues composed of 14 up to 20 isoprene units with Dol-16 dominating. They comprised approximately 0.004% of the fresh weight of fresh plant tissue and were accompanied by traces of polyprenols (Pren-14 up to Pren-17, Pren-16 dominating). Their structure was confirmed by electropray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). This is the first time that dolichols have been reported as dominating polyisoprenoid alcohols in plant photosynthetic tissue.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wojtas
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bieńkowski
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zelman-Femiak
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tateyama
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sagami
authors.forename: Tadeusz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chojnacki
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Danikiewicz
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Swiezewska
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004286:Dolichols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D029624:Ferns / Q000737:chemistry*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
chemical_list: D004286:Dolichols