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. 1967 May;42(5):712–718. doi: 10.1104/pp.42.5.712

CO2 Metabolism in Corn Roots. I. Kinetics of Carboxylation and Decarboxylation 1

Irwin P Ting 1, W M Dugger Jr 1
PMCID: PMC1086607  PMID: 16656560

Abstract

The kinetics of 14CO2 carboxylation and decarboxylation in corn root tips were determined to ascertain the sequence of product formation and subsequent utilization, and to obtain further evidence to predict the enzymes mediating the carboxylation and decarboxylations. The carboxylation data indicated that the first product was oxaloacetate followed by malate and aspartate. Malate was the first stable product which could be detected. Decarboxylation data indicated that a large fraction of the 14CO2 release and turnover of 14C was accountable for by a decrease in malate: however, essentially all labeled amino acids turned over rapidly and at a greater rate than organic acids. The data generally support the hypothesis that CO2 fixation in corn root tips is via P-enolpyruvate carboxylase and malic dehydrogenase and that subsequent malate metabolism is for the most part by direct decarboxylation, possibly by the malic enzyme.

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