期刊
PHYTOCHEMISTRY
卷 62, 期 3, 页码 377-387出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00550-2
关键词
Putterlickia verrucosa; Putterlickia species; Maytenus species; maytansine; maytansinoids; ammohydroxybenzoate synthase gene; microbes; rhizosphere
资金
- NCI NIH HHS [CA76461] Funding Source: Medline
Individual plants belonging to different species of the family Celastraccae collected from their natural habitats in South Africa (Putterlickia verrucosa (E. Meyer ex Sender) Szyszyl., Putterlickia pyracantha (L.) Szyszyl., Putterlickia retrospinosa van Wyk and Mostert) and Brazil (Maytenus ilicifolia Mart. ex Reiss., Maytenus evonymoides Reiss., Maytenus aquifolia Mart.) were investigated for the presence of maytansinoids and of maytansine, an ansamycin of high cytotoxic activity. Maytansinoids were not detectable in plants grown in Brazil. Analysis of plants growing in South Africa, however, showed clearly that maytansinoids were present in some individual plants but were not detectable in others. Molecular biological analysis of a Putterlickia verrucosa cell culture gave no evidence for the presence of the aminohydroxybenzoate synthase gene which is unique to the biosynthesis of aminohydroxybenzoate, a precursor of the ansamycins including maytansinoids. Moreover, this gene was not detectable in DNA extracted from the aerial parts of Putterlickia plants. In contrast, observations indicate that this gene may be present in microbes of the rhizosphere of Putterlickia plants. Our observations are discussed with respect to the possibility that the roots of Putterlickia plants may be associated with microorganisms which are responsible for the biosynthesis of maytansine or maytansinoids. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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