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It has been demonstrated that the formation of urea is one of the important biochemical changes taking place in the course of protein regeneration in seedlings. The quantities of urea formed inDolichos biflorus andPhaseolus mungo represent a considerable proportion of the amides formed in these seedlings and explain the observation previously reported that amides are in excess of the dicarboxylic acids.
From the quantitative relations between the changes in urea, urease, arginine and arginase it is inferred that at least inDolichos biflorus a part but not the whole of the urea arises from the hydrolysis of arginine. It is, however, necessary to assume the existence both inDolichos biflorus andPhaseolus mungo of an additional mechanism responsible for urea formation.
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Damodaran, M., Venkatesan, T.R. Amide synthesis in plants. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 27, 26–32 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03049895
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