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Does proline play a special role in bacteroid metabolism?
Author(s) -
KOHL D. H.,
STRAUB P. F.,
SHEARER G.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
plant, cell and environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.646
H-Index - 200
eISSN - 1365-3040
pISSN - 0140-7791
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1994.tb00527.x
Subject(s) - catabolism , proline , metabolism , energy metabolism , biochemistry , chemistry , biology , amino acid , endocrinology
Dicarboxylates are generally considered the main energy‐bearing compounds imported from plant cells into bacteroids in root nodules. Evidence reviewed herein supports the hypothesis that other compounds contribute and that proline catabolism may have particular importance in bacteroid metabolism during environmental stress.