Biosynthesis of the major scent components 3,5‐dimethoxytoluene and 1,3,5‐trimethoxybenzene by novel rose <i>O</i>‐methyltransferases

Scalliet, Gabriel; Journot, Noellie; Jullien, Frédéric; Baudino, Sylvie; Magnard, Jean‐Louis; Channelière, Stéphanie; Vergne, Philippe; Dumas, Christian; Bendahmane, Mohammed; Mark Cock, J.; Hugueney, Philippe

doi:10.1016/s0014-5793(02)02956-3

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Biosynthesis of the major scent components 3,5‐dimethoxytoluene and 1,3,5‐trimethoxybenzene by novel rose O‐methyltransferases

Published in FEBS Letters • Jun 18, 2002

Authors:

Gabriel Scalliet

Noellie Journot

Frédéric Jullien

Abstract

In Chinese rose species and in many modern varieties, two methylated phenolic derivatives, 3,5-dimethoxytoluene and 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene, are major scent components. We show that cell-free extracts of rose petals catalyse the synthesis of 3,5-dimethoxytoluene and 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene by methyl...

Subject

Petal

Methyltransferase

Methylation

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