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Effects of cyanide on rates and products of fatty acid synthesis by chloroplasts isolated from Spinacia oleracea

Journal Article · · Plant Physiol.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.67.5.926· OSTI ID:6500391
Cyanide inhibited unesterified fatty acid synthesis but stimulated glyceride synthesis from (1-/sup 14/C) acetate when Spinacia oleracea chloroplasts were incubated in basal media. Both unesterified fatty acid and glyceride accumulation were inhibited when chloroplasts were incubated in a diacylglycerol mode. Stimulation of chloroplast fatty acid synthesis by either exogenous coenzyme A or Triton X-100 was almost completely abolished in the presence of cyanide. Stearoyl-ACP desaturation is considered to be inhibited to a greater extent than is fatty acid synthesis de novo.
Research Organization:
Univ. of California, Santa Cruz
OSTI ID:
6500391
Journal Information:
Plant Physiol.; (United States), Journal Name: Plant Physiol.; (United States) Vol. 67:5; ISSN PLPHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English