Article
Composition of secondary alcohols, ketones, alkanediols, and ketols in Arabidopsis thaliana cuticular waxes.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Jan 2009
Wen Miao, Jetter Reinhard
Abstract excerpt
Arabidopsis wax components containing secondary functional groups were examined (i) to test the biosynthetic relationship between secondary alcohols and ketols and (ii) to determine the regiospecificity and substrate preference of the enzyme involved in ketol biosynthesis. The stem wax of Arabidopsis wild type contained homologous series of C(27) to C(31) secondary alcohols (2.4 microg cm(-2)) and C(28) to C(30)...
Topics
- Alcohols
- Alkanes
- Arabidopsis
- Ketones
- Mutation
- Plant Exudates
- Plant Stems
- Waxes
