Glycolate and Glyoxylate Metabolism by Isolated Peroxisomes or Chloroplasts
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- 1 February 1969
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 44 (2) , 242-250
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.44.2.242
Abstract
Chloroplasts, mitochondria, and peroxisomes from leaves were separated by isopycnic sucrose density gradient centrifugation. The peroxisomes converted glycolate-14C or glyoxylate-14C to glycine, and contained a glutamate: glyoxylate aminotransferase as indicated by an investigation of substrate specificity. The pH optimum for the aminotransferase was between 7.0 and 7.5, and the Km for l-glutamate was 3.6 mm and for glyoxylate, 4.4 mm. The reaction of glutamate plus glyoxylate was not reversible. The isolated peroxisomes did not convert glycine to glyoxylate nor glycine to serine.Keywords
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