| Literature DB >> 2930469 |
C J Walker1, K E Mansfield, K M Smith, P A Castelfranco.
Abstract
Detached cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. var. Beit Alpha) cotyledons incubated in darkness with 5-aminolaevulinic acid and either 16O2 air (control) or 18O2 in N2 accumulated protochlorophyllide. This was converted into methyl phaeoporphyrin alpha 5 and analysed by mass spectrometry. The molecular ion of the methyl phaeoporphyrin alpha 5 derived from the 18O2 incubation was 2 mass units greater than that of the control, establishing that the oxo oxygen atom of the isocyclic ring is derived from atmospheric oxygen.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2930469 PMCID: PMC1135620 DOI: 10.1042/bj2570599
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857