Transformation of 3,5-dimethoxy,4-hydroxy cinnamic acid by polyphenol oxidase from the fungus Trametes versicolor: Product elucidation studies
✍ Scribed by K. Lacki; Z. Duvnjak
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 169 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-3592
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✦ Synopsis
Sinapic acid (SA), 3,5-dimethoxy,4-hydroxy cinnamic acid, was incubated with a crude polyphenol oxidase from the fungus Trametes versicolor. Some products of this transformation were isolated and their structures identified using mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and X-ray crystallography. It was found that the enzymatic oxidation of SA includes two distinct phases. In the initial phase SA is enzymatically transformed to r-1H-2c,6c-bis-(4Ј-hydroxy-3Ј,5Ј-dimethoxyphenyl)-3,7-dioxabicyclo-[3,3,0]-octane-4,8-dione, dehydrodisinapic acid dilactone. The mechanism of this reaction may involve coupling of two phenoxy radicals by the - mode and subsequent intramolecular nucleophilic attack. In the second phase dehydrodisinapic acid dilactone is transformed by polyphenol oxidase into several intermediate products, including 4-(4-(3,5-dimethoxy-4-oxo-2,5-cyclohexadienyliden)-1,4-dihydroxy-(E)-2butenylidene)-2,6-dimethoxy-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-one. The final product of the overall transformation of SA is 2,6-dimethoxy-p-benzoquinone. The obtained results were used to propose a part of the transformation pathway for the enzymatic oxidation of SA by polyphenol oxidase.