Translocation of isopentenyl pyrophosphate for Taxol biosynthesis in suspension cultures of Taxus chinensis var. mairei |
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Authors: | Wang Yan-Dong Yuan Ying-Jin Wu Jin-Chuan |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, P.O. Box 6888, Tianjin, 300072, China |
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Abstract: | Two inhibitors of metabolite translocators, sodium pyrophosphate (NaPP) and D,L-glyceraldehyde (DLG), respectively, were added into suspension cultures of Taxus chinensis var. mairei at the early and late growth phases to investigate the translocation of isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) from cytoplasm to plastids for Taxol biosynthesis. NaPP and DLG hardly affected cell biomass and viability regardless of the phases of their introduction. The Taxol content varied less when NaPP or DLG was added at day 7 but decreased obviously when NaPP or DLG was introduced at day 14. It is thus inferred that NaPP and DLG inhibited Taxol biosynthesis by blocking IPP translocation at the late growth phase, suggesting that the translocation of IPP be involved only at the late growth phase of Taxus cells. |
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Keywords: | isopentenyl pyrophosphate suspension culture Taxol Taxus chinensis var maire translocation |
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