Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 508, Issue 2, Pages 215-220Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(01)03045-9
Keywords
alkaloid; cytochrome P450; geraniol 10-hydroxylase; indole alkaloid; methyljasmonate; secondary metabolism; terpenoid indole alkaloid; Catharanthus roseus
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Geraniol 10-hydroxylase (G10H) is a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase involved in the biosynthesis of iridoid monoterpenoids and several classes of monoterpenoid alkaloids found in a diverse range of plant species. Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar periwinkle) contains monoterpenoid indole alkaloids, several of which are pharmaceutically important. Vinblastine and vineristine, for example, find widespread use as anticancer drugs. G10H is thought to play a key regulatory role in terpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis. We purified G10H from C roseus cells. Using degenerate PCR primers based on amino acid sequence information we cloned the corresponding cDNA. The encoded CYP76B6 protein has G10H activity when expressed in C. roseus and yeast cells. The stress hormone methyljasmonate strongly induced G10h gene expression coordinately with other terpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis genes in a C. roseus cell culture. (C) 2001 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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