Journal article
The biosynthetic route from ornithine to proline.
Abstract
It is shown by tracer experiments with DL-[2-3H,5-14C]- and DL-[(RS)-5-3H,5-14C]rnithine, that the metabolic conversion of ornithine into proline, in three plant species (Nicotiana tabacum, Datura stramonium, and Lupinus angustifolius), takes place with maintenance of the delta-hydrogen atoms but with loss of the alpha-hydrogen atom. This indicates a route via alpha-keto-delta-aminovaleric acid (5-amino-2-oxopentanoic acid) and disproves the …
Authors
Mestichelli LJ; Gupta RN; Spenser ID
Journal
Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 254, No. 3, pp. 640–647
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
February 1979
DOI
10.1016/s0021-9258(17)37853-5
ISSN
0021-9258