Ikegami F, Kamiya M, Kuo Y H, Lambein F, Murakoshi I
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Japan.
Biol Pharm Bull. 1996 Sep;19(9):1214-5. doi: 10.1248/bpb.19.1214.
Two isoxazolylalanine isomers, beta-(isoxazolin-5-on-2-yl)-L-alanine (BIA, 1) and beta-(isoxazolin-5-on-4-yl)-L- alanine (TAN-950A, 2) were confirmed to be derived from O-acetyl-L-serine (OAS) and isoxazolin-5-one by cysteine synthases (CSases) with a different ratio in different plant parts. Some properties of this enzyme in the biosynthesis of both isomers are described.