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. 1972 Sep;50(3):328–331. doi: 10.1104/pp.50.3.328

Investigations of Canavanine Biochemistry in the Jack Bean Plant, Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC

II. Canavanine Biosynthesis in the Developing Plant 1

Gerald A Rosenthal a
PMCID: PMC366136  PMID: 16658168

Abstract

The canavanine content of developing leaves of jack bean, Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC., increases during leaf development. The leaf possesses the enzymes required for synthesizing canavanine by a cyclic series of reactions analogous to the ornithine-urea cycle. This reaction series involves the sequential formation of canaline, O-ureidohomoserine, and canavaninosuccinic acid.

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