Some Enzymic Steps in the Metabolism of Serine and Glycine by Higher Plants
- 1 September 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Experimental Botany
- Vol. 11 (3) , 296-301
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/11.3.296
Abstract
The presence of the enzyme hydroxymethyl tetrahydrofolic dehydrogenase has been demonstrated in cell-free preparations from turnip hypocotyls. The enzyme is specific for triphosphopyridine nucleotide and, in conjunction with the enzyme serine aldolase, converts the hydroxymethyl group of serine into the formyl group of N10 formyl tetrahydrofolic acid. N10 formyl tetrahydrofolic acid formed enzymically from serine-3-14C was converted to anhydroleucovorin and isolated by chromatography.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Serine–Glycine Interconversion in Plant TissuesNature, 1958
- ACTIVATION OF GLYCOLIC ACID OXIDASE IN PLANTSJournal of Biological Chemistry, 1953