Dolichols of the fern Matteucia struthiopteris.

Magdalena Wojtas; Tomasz Bieńkowski; Monika Zelman-Femiak; Seiji Tateyama; Hiroshi Sagami; Tadeusz Chojnacki; Witold Danikiewicz; Ewa Swiezewska

doi:10.18388/abp.2005_3516

Dolichols of the fern Matteucia struthiopteris.

Magdalena Wojtas Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland.;
Tomasz Bieńkowski
Monika Zelman-Femiak
Seiji Tateyama
Hiroshi Sagami
Tadeusz Chojnacki
Witold Danikiewicz
Ewa Swiezewska

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18388/abp.2005_3516

Abstract

Dolichols isolated from leaves of the fern Matteucia struthiopteris were present as a mixture of prenologues composed of 14 up to 20 isoprene units with Dol-16 dominating. They comprised approximately 0.004% of the fresh weight of fresh plant tissue and were accompanied by traces of polyprenols (Pren-14 up to Pren-17, Pren-16 dominating). Their structure was confirmed by electropray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). This is the first time that dolichols have been reported as dominating polyisoprenoid alcohols in plant photosynthetic tissue.

Published

2005-03-31

Issue

Vol. 52 No. 1 (2005)

Section

Articles

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