Aldoximes and nitriles as intermediates in the biosynthesis of cyanogenic glucosides |
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| Authors: | Kevin JF Farnden Mark A Rosen David R Liljegren |
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| Institution: | Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Young sorghum shoots have been shown to convert tyrosine, p-hydroxyphenylacetaldoxime and p-hydroxyphenylacetonitrile to dhurrin, the cyanogenic glucoside characteristic of this plant. Evidence for the in vivo formation of p-hydroxyphenylacetaldoxime but not p-hydroxyphenylacetonitrile from tyrosine has been obtained from a 'trapping experiment.' |
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| Keywords: | Gramineae sorghum cyanogenic glucoside biosynthesis |
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