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Biological and Environmental Chemistry of DMSP and Related Sulfonium Compounds pp 1–12Cite as

30 Years of Research on Dimethylsulfoniopriopionate

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In 1961, with an interest in the “sea smell” as food flavor component, we commenced to do research on dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in marine unicellular algae. After we identified the DMSP crystal from Crypthecodinium cohnii by NMR and IR and clarified the characteristics of a DMSP cleaving enzyme, we examined the biological significance of DMSP in this alga. It was difficult, however, to find sufficient experimental evidence. After we had conducted an ecological study on harmful red tide algae for some time, we resumed our studies on DMSP, with the emphasis on algal DMS evolution in the sulfur cycle and bioactivities of DMSP. We have since been doing research on the biosynthesis of DMSP and its regulation at the biochemical and molecular levels, in order to understand its biological role in the microalgae.

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    Yuzaburo Ishida

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  1. University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, USA

    Ronald P. Kiene

  2. University of Connecticut, Groton, Connecticut, USA

    Pieter T. Visscher

  3. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, West Boothbay Harbor, Maine, USA

    Maureen D. Keller

  4. University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Gunter O. Kirst

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Ishida, Y. (1996). 30 Years of Research on Dimethylsulfoniopriopionate. In: Kiene, R.P., Visscher, P.T., Keller, M.D., Kirst, G.O. (eds) Biological and Environmental Chemistry of DMSP and Related Sulfonium Compounds. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0377-0_1

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