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CARBOXYLATION of phosphoenolpyruvate in plant material has been reported by various workers1–5. In the present investigation we have observed it in participate preparations from barley roots. This reaction, coupled with malic dehydrogenase activity in the presence of reduced diphosphopyridine nucleo-tide, leads to the incorporation of carbon-14 dioxide into malate and other organic acids.
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YOUNG, L., GRAHAM, J. Carbon Dioxide Fixation in Particulate Preparations from Barley Roots. Nature 181, 1071–1072 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811071a0
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