Inoue H, Korenaga T, Sagami H, Koyama T, Sugiyama H, Ogura K
Institute for Chemical Reaction Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1993 Nov 15;196(3):1401-5. doi: 10.1006/bbrc.1993.2408.
Farnesal and 3-hydroxy-2,3-dihydrofarnesal (3-hydroxy-3,7,11-trimethyl-6,10-dodecadiene-1-al) were formed from farnesol when the alcohol was incubated with the protoplast of Botryococcus braunii B race strain. This fact suggests the existence of farnesal hydratase in the alga. Feeding experiments showed that both farnesal and 3-hydroxy-2,3-dihydrofarnesal were efficiently incorporated into botryococcenes, triterpenoid hydrocarbons of the alga.
