Suzuki Shiro, Yamamura Masaomi, Shimada Mikio, Umezawa Toshiaki
Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (formerly, Wood Research Institute), Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Dec 21(24):2838-9. doi: 10.1039/b409686j. Epub 2004 Oct 28.
An enzyme preparation from the cultured cells of Cryptomeria japonica catalyses the formation of a heartwood norlignan, (E)-hinokiresinol, from two distinct phenylpropanoid monomers: 4-coumaroyl CoA and 4-coumaryl alcohol, and from a dimer: 4-coumaryl 4-coumarate.
