polyprenol
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Polyprenols are natural long-chain isoprenoid alcohols of the general formula H-(C5H8)n-OH, where n is the number of isoprene units. Any prenol with more than 4 isoprene units is a polyprenol. Polyprenols play an important function, acting as natural bioregulators and are found in small quantities in various plant tissues. Dolichols, which are found in all living creatures, including humans, are their 2,3-dihydro derivatives.
Research
468 papers- Stereochemical Divergence of Polyprenol Phosphate Glycosyltransferases.Trends in biochemical sciences · 2018
- The history and recent advances in research of polyprenol and its derivatives.Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry · 2018
- Modeling bacterial UDP-HexNAc: polyprenol-P HexNAc-1-P transferases.Glycobiology · 2005
- Medium-chain-length polyprenol (C45-C55) formation in chloroplasts of Arabidopsis is brassinosteroid-dependent.Journal of plant physiology · 2023
- The role of polyprenol-linked sugars in glycoprotein synthesis.Annual review of biochemistry · 1976
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Polyprenols are natural long-chain isoprenoid alcohols of the general formula H-(C5H8)n-OH, where n is the number of isoprene units. Any prenol with more than 4 isoprene units is a polyprenol. Polyprenols play an important function, acting as natural bioregulators and are found in small quantities in various plant tissues. Dolichols, which are found in all living creatures, including humans, are their 2,3-dihydro derivatives.
==Sources== Live trees are known to contain polyprenols. The needles of conifer trees are one of the richest sources of polyprenols. They are also present in shiitake mushrooms in trace amounts.