Enzymes for Acetaldehyde and Ethanol Formation in Legume Nodules
- 1 August 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 70 (2) , 388-392
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.70.2.388
Abstract
Soybean (Glycine max L. cv. Wilkin) nodules contain acetaldehyde and ethanol. The cytosol of soybean and other legume nodules contains pyruvic decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.1) and alcohol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.1). Some of the properties of these enzymes from soybean nodules are described. Their presence indicates that in the microaerobic nodule cytosol some carbohydrate is metabolized by fermentative pathways like those in the roots of flood-tolerant plants.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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