Site of Prenylation Reaction in Synthesis of Phylloquinone (Vitamin K1) by Spinach Chloroplasts
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- 1 July 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 117 (2) , 329-332
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1981.tb06341.x
Abstract
In spinach chloroplasts, 1,4‐dihydroxy‐2‐naphthoate is prenylated by phytyldiphosphate and subsequently methylated by S‐adenosylmethionine to form phylloquinol. The site of the prenylation reaction is the chloroplast envelope membrane.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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