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Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications


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J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1995, 2529 - 2530, DOI: 10.1039/C39950002529


Biosynthesis of chlorophyll a from 13C-labelled mevalonates and glycine in liverwort. Nonequivalent labelling of phytyl side chain

Kensuke Nabeta, Teruki Kawae, Takahiro Kikuchi, Tatsuto Saitoh and Hiroshi Okuyama


The phytyl side chain of chlorophyll a derived from exogenous 13C- and 2H-labelled mevalonate in cultured cells of two species of liverworts, Heteroscyphus ptanus and Lophocolea heterophylla, is shown to be preferentially labelled in the farnesyl diphosphate-derived portion, while its biosynthesis from exogenous 13C-glycine results in equivalent labelling.