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HOMOSERINE SYNTHESIS IN DARK‐GROWN AND LIGHT‐GROWN SEEDLINGS OF PISUM SATIVUM
Author(s) -
MELCHER INGA M.
Publication year - 1985
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.1469-8137.1985.tb02767.x
Subject(s) - pisum , sativum , homoserine , asparagine , glutamine , botany , biology , metabolite , amino acid , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , quorum sensing , virulence
S ummary The synthesis of homoserine has been studied in pea seedlings (Pisum sativum L. cv. Rondo) supplied with l ‐[U‐ 14 C]amino acids. The results demonstrate that both labelled aspartate and glutamate produce similarly large quantities of labelled homoserine. It is suggested that, in addition to asparagine and glutamine, homoserine also has an important function as a transport metabolite.