Introduction One of the major root alkaloids of the Indian medicinal plant Rauvolfia serpenlina Benth. ex Kurz is named ajmaline. The enzymatic biosynthesis of this alkaloid has been studied for a long time by our gr...Introduction One of the major root alkaloids of the Indian medicinal plant Rauvolfia serpenlina Benth. ex Kurz is named ajmaline. The enzymatic biosynthesis of this alkaloid has been studied for a long time by our group As a result, a biosynthetic pathway has been established, in which about 10 enzymes participate, several of them belonging to the group of NADPH-dependent reductases. Started with the biosynthetic precursors tryptamine and secologanin,展开更多
文摘Introduction One of the major root alkaloids of the Indian medicinal plant Rauvolfia serpenlina Benth. ex Kurz is named ajmaline. The enzymatic biosynthesis of this alkaloid has been studied for a long time by our group As a result, a biosynthetic pathway has been established, in which about 10 enzymes participate, several of them belonging to the group of NADPH-dependent reductases. Started with the biosynthetic precursors tryptamine and secologanin,