BIOSYNTHESIS OF 3-NITROPROPIONIC ACID IN CREEPING INDIGO (INDIGOFERA SPICATA)

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作者
CANDLISH, E
LACROIX, LJ
UNRAU, AM
机构
[1] Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba
[2] Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University
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10.1021/bi00829a026
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A study of the biosynthesis of 3-nitropropionic acid in Indigofera spicata (Jacq.) Forsk. was undertaken by feeding14C-labeled precursors to intact plants or to cuttings. An organic acid fraction containing 3-nitropropionic acid was obtained by extraction of the plant material and separation by column chromatography. The 3-nitropropionic acid and other major organic acids were separated and analyzed quantitatively by gas-liquid partition chromatography. No evidence was obtained to suggest that Krebs cycle acids were precursors of 3-nitropropionic acid. Malonic acid or a derivative of malonate appears to be a fairly immediate precursor since14C was found in 3-nitropropionic acid when malonate-2-14C or malonyl itionohydroxamate- 2-14C were fed as precursors. © 1969, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.
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