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Purification and characterization of coclaurine N-methyltransferase from cultured Coptis japonica cells
Choi, Kum-Boo,Morishige, Takashi,Sato, Fumihiko
, p. 649 - 655 (2007/10/03)
S-Adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM): coclaurine N-methyltransferase (CNMT), which catalyzes the transfer of a methyl group from S-adenosyl-L-methionine to the amino group of the tetrahydrobenzylisoquinoline alkaloid coclaurine, was purified 340-fold from Coptis japonica cells in 1% yield to give an almost homogeneous protein. The purified enzyme, which occurred as a homotetramer with a native Mr of 160 kDa (gel-filtration chromatography) and a subunit Mr of 45 kDa (SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis), had an optimum pH of 7.0 and a pI of 4.2. Whereas (R)-coclaurine was the best substrate for enzyme activity, Coptis CNMT had broad substrate specificity and no stereospecificity; CNMT methylated norlaudanosoline, 6,7-dimethoxyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline and 1-methyl-6,7-dihydroxy-1,2,3,4,-tetrahydroisoquinoline. The enzyme did not require any metal ion. p-Chloromercuribenzoate and iodoacetamide did not inhibit CNMT activity, but the addition of Co2+, Cu2+ or Mn2+ at 5 mM severely inhibited such activity by 75, 47 and 57%, respectively. The substrate-saturation kinetics of CNMT for norreticuline and SAM were of the typical Michaelis-Menten-type with respective Km values of 0.38 and 0.65 mM.
THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE ALKALOIDS OF CISSAMPELOS PAREIRA LINN
Bhakuni,Dewan S.,Jain,Sudha,Chaturvedi,Rekha
, p. 3975 - 3982 (2007/10/02)
Tracer experimets show that the bisbenzylisoqunoline alkaloid,(S,R)-hayatidin (10) is stereospecifically biosynthesized in young Cissampelos pareira Linn plants by intermolecular oxidativ coupling of (S)-(5)-and (R)-(3)-N-methylcoclaurines whereas (R,R)-isochondrodendrine (14) and (R,R)-bebeerine (12) are formed in the plants by oxidative dimerization of (R)-N-methyl-coclaurine (3).
THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE ALKALOIDS OF CROTON SPARSIFLORUS MORONG
Bhakuni, Dewan S.,Jain, Sudha
, p. 3175 - 3182 (2007/10/02)
Incorporation of tyrosine, dopa, dopamine, 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid, (+/-)-, norcoclaurine-1-carboxylic acid, -norcoclaurine, -coclaurine, and -N-methylcoclaurine into N-methylcrotsparine, N-methylcrotsparinine and N-methylsparsiflorine in Croton sparsiflorus Morong has been studied.The evidence supports the direct oxidative coupling of (+)-, and (-)-N-methylcoclaurines to give N-methylcrotsparine and N-methylcrotsparinine, respectively.Tracer experiment show that N-methylcrotsparine undergoes dienone-phenol rearrangement to give N-methylsparsiflorine.A doublelabelling experiment with (+/-)-Nmethylcoclaurine demonstrated that the H atom at the asymmetric centre in the 1-benzylisoquinoline precursor is retained in the bioconversion.The intermediacy of norcoclaurine-1-carboxylic acid and specific incorporation of dehydro-N-methylcoclaurinium salt into the bases have been demonstrated.
Absolute Configuration and Biosynthesis of Tiliacorine and Tiliacorinine
Bhakuni, Dewan S.,Jain, Sudha
, p. 2598 - 2603 (2007/10/02)
The incorporation of (+/-)-coclaurine, (+/-)-norcoclaurine, (+/-)-N-methylcoclaurine, and didehydro-N-methylcoclaurinium iodide into tiliacorinine and tiliacorine in Tiliacora racemosa Colebr. has been studied, and specific utilization of the (+/-)-N-meth