Distribution of rhodanese in plants |
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| Authors: | Ryoichi Shirai Takashi Kurihara |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoicho, 260 Chibashi;(2) Biochemical Laboratory of Tumura Co., Ltd., 3586 Ami-machi Inashiki-gun, 300-11 Ibaragi Prefecture |
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| Abstract: | To study the distribution of rhodanese (E.C. 2.8.1.1) in plants, rhodanese activity was assayed on 13 cyanogenic and 12 non-cyanogenic
species. All the species tested had the enzyme activity. This phenomenon leads to a hypothesis that the enzyme is generally
distributed in plants. |
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| Keywords: | Rhodanese Cyanogenic plants Non-cyanogenic plants |
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