Srivenugopal, KS and Adiga, PR (1980) Enzymic synthesis of sym-homospermidine in Lathyrus sativus (grass pea) seedlings. In: Bochemical Journal, 190 (2). pp. 461-464.
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Abstract
An enzyme catalysing the synthesis of sym-homospermidine from putrescine and NAD+ with concomitant liberation of NH3 was purified 100-fold from Lathyrus sativus (grass pea) seedlings by affinity chromatography on Blue Sepharose. This thiol enzyme had an apparent mol.wt. of 75000 and exhibited Michelis-Menten kinetics with Km 3.0mM for putrescine. The same enzyme activity could also be demonstrated in the crude extracts of sandal (Santalum album) leaves, but with a specific activity 15-fold greater than that in L. sativus seedlings.
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| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to the Biochemical Society. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Biochemistry |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jul 2009 06:55 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2012 06:37 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/id/eprint/21263 |
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