Expressed sequence tag analysis of khat (Catha edulis) provides a putative molecular biochemical basis for the biosynthesis of phenylpropylamino alkaloids

Khat (Catha edulis Forsk.) is a flowering perennial shrub cultivated for its neurostimulant properties resulting mainly from the occurrence of (S)-cathinone in young leaves. The biosynthesis of (S)-cathinone and the related phenylpropylamino alkaloids (1S,2S)-cathine and (1R,2S)-norephedrine is not well characterized in plants. We prepared a cDNA library from young khat leaves and sequenced 4,896 random clones, generating an expressed sequence tag (EST) library of 3,293 unigenes. Putative functions were assigned to > 98% of the ESTs, providing a key resource for gene discovery. Candidates potentially involved at various stages of phenylpropylamino alkaloid biosynthesis from L-phenylalanine to (1S,2S)-cathine were identified

Metabolism of glycerol-1,2,3-trimethylsuccinate in rat hepatocytes.

The metabolism of glycerol-1,2,3-trimethylsuccinate ester was investigated in rat hepatocytes. The ester displayed a greater nutritional value than D-glucose, as a precursor of either CO2 or glycogen. In terms of 14CO2 production, the value calculated from experiments conducted in the presence of 1.9 mM [U-14C] glycerol-1,2,3-trimethylsuccinate, glycerol-1,2,3-trimethyl[1,4-14C] succinate and glycerol- 1,2,3-trimethyl[2,3-14C] succinate represented about 50 times that found in cells incubated with 1.0 mM D-[U-14C] glucose. For glycogen synthesis, the results found with the ester were approximately 7-8 times higher than those found with the hexose. A further advantage of the ester over D-glucose consisted in the fact that, at increasing concentrations of these nutrients, a maximal metabolic response may be reached at lower levels of glycerol- 1,2,3-trimethylsuccinate than D-glucose. By comparison with previous data obtained in the same experimental model, glycerol-1,2,3-trimethylsuccinate was also found to display a higher nutritional value than the dimethyl ester of succinic acid. It is proposed, therefore, that glycerol-1,2,3-trimethylsuccinate could be used to support ATP generation in cells endangered by an imbalance between the rate of synthesis and hydrolysis of this adenine nucleotide.Journal Articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Metabolism of glycerol-1,2,3-trimethylsuccinate in rat hepatocytes.

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Metabolism of glycerol-1,2,3-tris(methylsuccinate) in rat hepatocytes

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Metabolism of 13C-labelled glycerol-1,2,3-trid(methyl-succinate) in rat hepatocytes

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Metabolism of glycerol-1,2,3-trimethylsuccinate in rat pancreatic islets

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