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THE METABOLISM OF [1,3‐ 14 C] ACETONE BY HIGHER PLANT TISSUES
Author(s) -
COSSINS E. A.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1964.tb07356.x
Subject(s) - acetone , seedling , metabolism , chemistry , germination , formate , residue (chemistry) , biochemistry , amino acid , organic chemistry , botany , biology , catalysis
S ummary The metabolism of [1,3‐ 14 C] acetone by plant tissues has been examined. Under the experimental conditions used, 14 C of methyl labelled acetone was rapidly incorporated into CO 2 , organic acids, amino acids, lipids and into the insoluble residue. In pea cotyledons and beet leaves, acetate and formate together contained the bulk of the radioactivity of the organic acid fraction. The possibility is discussed that acetone, accumulating during the early stages of germination in peas may be subsequently metabolized as seedling development takes place.