Preferential participation of linaloyl pyrophosphate rather than neryl pyrophosphate in biosynthesis of cyclic monoterpenoids in higher plants

Abstract

Comparisons of the incorporation of [1-³H₂]nerol, [1-³H₂]geraniol, and [1-³H₂]linalool and their pyrophosphates into some cyclic monoterpenoids have been made in both intact plants and cell-free systems; the preferential incorporation of linalool and its pyrophosphate into the cyclic monoterpenoids suggests that they are better precursors than nerol or its pyrophosphate for the biological formation of the cyclic monoterpenoids.