Dolichols of the fern Matteucia struthiopteris.
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.
Wojtas
Magdalena
M
Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland.
Bieńkowski
Tomasz
T
Zelman-Femiak
Monika
M
Tateyama
Seiji
S
Sagami
Hiroshi
H
Chojnacki
Tadeusz
T
Danikiewicz
Witold
W
Swiezewska
Ewa
E
D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004286:Dolichols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D029624:Ferns / Q000737:chemistry*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
D004286:Dolichols