88199-28-4Relevant articles and documents
Polyneuridine Aldehyde Esterase: an Unusually Specific Enzyme involved in the Biosynthesis of Sarpagine Type Alkaloids
Pfitzner, Artur,Stoeckigt, Joachim
, p. 459 - 460 (1983)
Polyneuridine aldehyde esterase is a highly substrate specific enzyme which catalyses the conversion of the monoterpenoid C10-unit into C9-unit at the stage of polyneuridine aldehyde in the biosynthesis of sarpagine type alkaloids.
Stereoselective Transformation of Ajmaline into Three Minor Gelsemium Alkaloids, Koumidine, (19Z)-Anhydrovobasinediol and N-Demethoxyrankinidine and their Absolute Configuration
Kitajima, Mariko,Takayama, Hiromitsu,Sakai, Shin-ichiro
, p. 1773 - 1779 (2007/10/02)
Ajmaline was converted into new Gelsemium alkaloids, 19Z-anhydrovobasinediol and N-demethoxyrankinidine, via koumidine along the biomimetic sequence, and the absolute configuration of these alkaloids was determined by these transformations.
Biogenetic link between sarpagine and ajmaline type alkaloids
Pfitzner,Stockigt
, p. 5197 - 5200 (2007/10/02)
A new enzyme - vinocrine synthase - isolated from cell suspension cultures of Rauwolfia serpentina, links sarpagine and ajmaline alkaloids by catalyzing the acetyl-coenzyme-A dependent biosynthesis of the ajmalan skeleton from sarpagan type compounds.