- 著者
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小倉 協三
古山 種俊
- 出版者
- The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
- 雑誌
- 有機合成化学協会誌 (ISSN:00379980)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.39, no.6, pp.459-466, 1981-06-01 (Released:2009-11-13)
- 参考文献数
- 54
- 被引用文献数
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2
Applications of prenyltransferases to the organic synthesis of some biologically active compounds are described.Trishomo-15, bishomo-16 and homo-farnesyl pyrophosphate 9, whose carbon skeletons are the same as those of the insect juvenile hormones, JH 0, JH I, and JH II, respectively, are synthesized by the action of farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase of pig liver.The stereospecific C-C bond forming reaction of farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase was efficiently utilized in the asymmetric synthesis of the stereoisomers of faranal, a trail pheromone of the Pharaoh ant, to establish the absolute configuration of the pheromone.The distribution of carbon chain length of polyprenyl pyrophosphates synthesized with solanesyl pyrophosphate synthetase of Micrococcus luteus can be controled artificially by changing the Mg++ concentration of the reaction mixture.