The origin of chloroplastic acetyl coenzyme A |
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Authors: | Denis J Murphy PK Stumpf |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, Davis, California 95616 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Pyruvic dehydrogenase activity has been examined in a number of highly purified leaf organelles. In spinach leaf cell, the major activity is in the mitochrondrion with low activity in isolated chloroplasts. The major source of CO2 derived from pyruvic acid metabolism in the isolated chloroplast is via the acetolactic synthase reaction localized in the chloroplast. Evidence is presented that the leaf mitochondrion contains both the pyruvic acid dehydrogenase and an acetyl coenzyme A hydrolase. It is suggested that free acetic acid is generated in the mitochrondrion and then moves to the chloroplast where acetyl coenzyme synthetase converts it from the metabolically inert acid to the very metabolically active acetyl coenzyme A. |
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