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. 1970 Apr;45(4):504-6.
doi: 10.1104/pp.45.4.504.

The biosynthesis of delta-aminolevulinic acid in Chlorella

S I Beale

The biosynthesis of delta-aminolevulinic acid in Chlorella

S I Beale. Plant Physiol. 1970 Apr.

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.

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