Activated phytochrome lowers the free amino acid pools of all plants investigated by about 15 %. The action of red light is preferentially directed to Asp, Glu and Phe. Exogenously supplied Leu-U-14C is incorporated more quickly into protein of red-light-treated samples compared with dark controls.
Amino acid metabolism in nongrowing environments in higher plants
β Scribed by S. Sagisaka
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 804 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0939-4451
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