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Plant Cell Rep. 1981 Aug;1(1):10-3. doi: 10.1007/BF00267647.

Enzymic synthesis of γ-coniceine in Conium maculatum chloroplasts and mitochondria.

Plant cell reports

M F Roberts

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pharmacognosy, The School of Pharmacy, London University, 29-39, Brunswick Square, WC1N 1AX, London, UK.

PMID: 24258745 DOI: 10.1007/BF00267647

Abstract

Further studies of the transaminase responsible for the first committed step in alkaloid formation in Conium maculatum have shown the L-alanine: 5-ketooctanal transaminase to occur in both the mitochondria and chloroplast. Experiments suggest that these enzymes are the isoenzymes Transaminase A and B respectively previously isolated by the author. It is suggested that the chloroplast enzyme is normally responsible for alkaloid production.

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