Metabolism of S-methylcysteine and its sulfoxide in Chinese cabbage, Brassica pekinensis Rupr. |
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Authors: | MAE, TADAHIKO OHIRA, KOJI FUJIWARA, AKIO |
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Affiliation: | Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Tohoku University Sendai, Japan |
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Abstract: | The metabolism of sulfur of S-methyl-L-cysteine and ($)S-methyI-L-cysteinesulfoxide in Chinese cabbage was studied. Results showed thatthese sulfur-bearing amino acids are metabolized to cysteineby demethylation. This conclusion is based on; 1) the relativelyhigh recovery of radioactivity in the cysteine of the insolublefraction a short time after the administration of 35S-labeledS-methyl-L-cysteine or ($)S-methyl- L-cysteine sulfoxide; 2)the similarity in the ratios of 3H to 35S in the cysteine ofthe insoluble fraction and in the double-labeled cysteine partof S-methyl-L-cysteine and its sulfoxide fed to detached leavesand 3) the obvious structural relationship between cysteineand its methyl derivative, S-methyl-L-cysteine. Moreover, we ascertained that the sulfur of S-methyl-L-cysteinewas also utilized when supplied to plants; i.e. tomato, tobaccoand cucumber, in which this sulfur amino acid has not been found. (Received June 30, 1971; ) |
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