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. 1984 Jan;74(1):189–191. doi: 10.1104/pp.74.1.189

Pyruvate Orthophosphate Dikinase

Intracellular Site of Synthesis in Maize Leaf Cells 1

Sherry L Gee 1,2, Steven Ruzin 1,2, James A Bassham 1,2
PMCID: PMC1066649  PMID: 16663378

Abstract

Pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase is synthesized in non-green leaf cells of the maize mutant iojap. Since iojap plastids lack ribosomes, it is concluded that the site of synthesis of pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase in maize leaf cells is on ribosomes in the cytoplasm.

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