ISSN:
1573-5044
Keywords:
Catharanthus
;
elicitors
;
PAL
;
TDC
;
phenols
;
alkaloids
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Cell suspension cultures (cell line No 615) of Catharanthus roseus cv. Little Delicata responded to elicitor treatment by accumulating monoterpenoid indole alkaloids and phenolic compounds. The excretion of phenols into the culture medium resulted from the induction of the branch-point enzyme phenylalanine ammonia lyase. The accumulation of alkaloids, however, occurred several hours earlier than the elicitor-mediated induction of tryptophan decarboxylase through which shikimate pathway intermediates are channelled into tryptamine and related indole alkaloids. The results indicate that both pathways for phenol and indole alkaloid biosynthesis responded to elicitor treatment and that no obvious causal relationship between pathways could be deduced from this study.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00033466
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