1. The synthesis of short- and long-chain acylarnitine by etio-chloroplasts of greening barley leaves
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Clifford Wood, D. R. Thomas, M. Noh Hj Jalil, Robert J. Cooke, Ian McLaren, Bob C. S. Yong, and Azis Ariffin
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,food and beverages ,Plant Science ,Biology ,Chloroplast ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Acyl-CoA ,Enzyme ,Greening ,chemistry ,Biochemistry ,Acyltransferase ,Genetics ,medicine ,Carnitine ,Acetylcarnitine ,Palmitoylcarnitine ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Etio-chloroplasts of barley, purified on sucrose density gradients were shown to possess carnitine long-chain acyltransferase (carnitine palmitoyltransferase, EC 2.3.1.21) activity and carnitine short-chain acyltransferase (carnitine acetyltransferase EC 2.3.1.7) activity. These enzymes may play a role in the transport of acyl groups as acylcarnitines through the membrane barrier of barley etio-chloroplasts and also 'or alternatively' may spare CoA by transferring short- and long-chain acyl groups from short-and long-chain acyl CoA to carnitine.
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- 1983
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