Catabolism of geraniol by cell suspension cultures of Citrus limon

authored by

Ralf G. Berger, Zerrin Akkan, Friedrich Drawert

Abstract

The addition of geraniol to cell suspension cultures of Citrus limon resulted in the rapid formation of nerol, citronellol, geranic acid and citronellic acid. Concurrently, a transient accumulation of bound forms of branched chain fatty acids, and, with a few hours delay, of regular chain C₂ to C₁₂ fatty acids was elicited. A concerted action of combined α/β-oxidation enzymes on the terpenic acids, followed by an enlarged acetyl CoA pool is suggested. Terpene catabolism in plants and in vitro plant cells is discussed.

External Organisation(s)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Type

Article

Journal

BBA - Molecular Cell Research

Volume

1055

Pages

234-239

No. of pages

6

ISSN

0167-4889

Publication date

10.12.1990

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Molecular Biology, Cell Biology

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-4889(90)90038-F (Access: Unknown)