Vanillin reduction in the biosynthetic pathway of capsiate, a non-pungent component of Capsicum fruits, is catalyzed by cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase

Abstract Capsicum fruits synthesize capsaicin from vanillylamine, which is produced from vanillin in a reaction catalyzed by a putative aminotransferase (pAMT). Capsiate, a non-pungent compound that is structurally similar to capsaicin, is synthesized from vanillyl alcohol rather than vanillylamine....

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kaori Sano, Yuya Uzawa, Itsuki Kaneshima, Saika Nakasato, Masashi Hashimoto, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Sachie Nakatani, Kenji Kobata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16150-1