
Abstract
Phylloquinol (the quinol form of vitamin K1) is synthesized from 2-phytyl-1,4-naphthoquinol and S-adenosylmethionine at the thylakoid membranes of spinach chloroplasts. The addition of soluble stroma protein (chloroplast extract) is necessary S-Adenosylhomocysteine acts as strong competitive inhibitor.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Keywords: | Spinacia oleracea; Chenopodiaceae; chloroplasts; phylloquinone biosynthesis |
Faculties: | Biology |
Subjects: | 500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-3569-9 |
Item ID: | 3569 |
Date Deposited: | 25. Apr 2008, 11:39 |
Last Modified: | 04. Nov 2020, 12:47 |