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Abstract
When autotrophically growing cultures of Chlorella are treated with levulinic acid, delta-aminolevulinic acid is excreted into the medium, providing a direct demonstration of alpha-aminolevulinic acid production in a green plant. Evidence is presented which indicates that alpha-aminolevulinic acid formation may be the the rate-controlling step of chlorophyll synthesis in Chlorella, and that control of the rate of alpha-aminolevulinic acid synthesis may be exerted at the level of production and breakdown of an enzyme which catalyzes its formation.Entities:
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Year: 1970 PMID: 5427121 PMCID: PMC396440 DOI: 10.1104/pp.45.4.504
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plant Physiol ISSN: 0032-0889 Impact factor: 8.340