What Is Anole?
Anole is one of the phenols represented by the structure of CH3-CH=CH-CH2-Ph-OH.
Other names include 4-(1-propenyl)phenol, β-methyl-p-hydroxystyrene, and 4-hydroxy-1-(1-propenyl)benzene.
In vitro, it is produced by heating anethole with potassium hydroxide.
In vivo, it is converted from trans-anole to trans-anethole by the action of phenylpropene O-methyltransferase (reversible reaction).
Uses of Anole
This protein is involved in the phenylpropanoid biosynthetic pathway, which is part of the metabolism of aromatic compounds and has important biochemical roles. The phenylpropanoid biosynthetic pathway (≈shikimic acid pathway) is a biosynthetic pathway for aromatic amino acids (phenylalanine, tyrosine, tryptophan) in plants and bacteria.
Note that the abbreviation “anole” is sometimes used to refer to cyclohexanol, an intermediate in nylon synthesis.