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The metabolism of myo-inositol-2-(14)C, d-glucuronate-1-(14)C, d-glucuronate-6-(14)C, and l-methionine-methyl-(14)C to cell wall polysaccharides was investigated in excised root-tips of 3 day old Zea mays seedlings. From myo-inositol, about one-half of incorporated label was recovered in ethanol
Up to 80% of Zea mays L. grain phosphorus is stored in the form of phytin in the embryo. Our objective is to determine the control of phytin mobilization during germination and seedling growth. A maize phytase cDNA, phy S11, has been previously characterized (Maugenest et al., Biochem J 322: