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Studies on the sub-cellular location of particulate nitrate and nitrite reductase, glutamic dehydrogenase and other enzymes in barley roots

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The distribution of nitrate and nitrite reductase, glutamic dehydrogenase, cytochrome oxidase, fumarase, peroxidase and catalase in particular fractions of barley roots, separated by differential and density gradient centrifugation, has been determined. Evidence obtained suggests that there are three separate groups of particles, one, the mitochondria, containing cytochrome oxidase, fumarase and glutamic dehydrogenase, one containing catalase, and one containing nitrate and nitrite reductase. The results show that, under certain conditions, the high osmotic pressures obtained in sucrose density gradients may cause artefacts due to the release of enzymes, especially nitrite reductase, from the particles.

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Miflin, B.J. Studies on the sub-cellular location of particulate nitrate and nitrite reductase, glutamic dehydrogenase and other enzymes in barley roots. Planta 93, 160–170 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00387123

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