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COMPARTMENTATION IN PHENOLIC METABOLISM
Article number
381_5
Pages
86 – 96
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Abstract
Phenolic metabolism in plants is a complex process that is the result of the interaction of at least five different pathways.
These pathways are the glycolytic pathway that produces phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), the pentose phosphate pathway that produces erythrose-4-phosphate (E-4-P), the shikimate pathway that synthesizes phenylalanine, the general phenylpropanoid metabolism that produces the activated cinnamic acid derivatives and the plant structural component lignin, and the diverse specific flavonoid pathways, including the pterocarpan phytoalexins.
In the following an attempt will be made to summarize our present understanding of how these pathways interact, and where they are located.
These pathways are the glycolytic pathway that produces phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), the pentose phosphate pathway that produces erythrose-4-phosphate (E-4-P), the shikimate pathway that synthesizes phenylalanine, the general phenylpropanoid metabolism that produces the activated cinnamic acid derivatives and the plant structural component lignin, and the diverse specific flavonoid pathways, including the pterocarpan phytoalexins.
In the following an attempt will be made to summarize our present understanding of how these pathways interact, and where they are located.
Authors
G. Hrazdina
Keywords
aromatic metabolism, shikimate, phenylpropanoid, flavonoid, isoflavonoid pathways, cell fractionation, tissue and subcellular localization, chalcone synthase, flavonoid glucosyltransferase, isoflavone reductase
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