Intracellular localization of mevalonate-activating enzymes in plant cells
- 1 May 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 99 (2) , 381-388
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0990381
Abstract
Mevalonate-activating enzymes are shown to be present in the chloroplasts of French-bean leaves. The chloroplast membrane is impermeable to mevalonic acid. Mevalonate-activating enzymes also appear to be found outside the chloroplast. These results support the view that terpenoid biosynthesis in the plant cell is controlled by a combination of enzyme segregation and specific membrane permeability.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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