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Proline synthesis from glutamate in the mitochondria isolated from a blowfly,Aldrichina grahami

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Proline biosynthesis from glutamate was demonstrated in a cell free system prepared from blowfly abdomen. The biosynthetic activity was found mainly in the mitochondrial fraction. The biosynthesis of proline from glutamate required ATP, NADPH and Mg++ as cofactors.

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  1. Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Osaka Prefecture, 591, Sakai, Osaka, Japan

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Wadano, A. Proline synthesis from glutamate in the mitochondria isolated from a blowfly,Aldrichina grahami. Experientia 36, 1028–1029 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01965948

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