levulinic acid/zea mays

Upon illumination of dark-grown maize seedlings (5 days old) with incandescent light, there occurred a nearly simultaneous increase, after a certain lag period, in the activities of enzymes engaged in the C(4) pathway and the Calvin-Benson cycle. The light-induced biosynthesis of chlorophyll (a and

The accumulation of delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) was studied in greening maize (Zea mays) leaves which were transferred to darkness and reilluminated after various periods of time. The system synthesizing ALA decays in the dark with a half-life of about 80 minutes. The onset of enzyme decay after

Primary leaves of 7- to 9-day-old etiolated seedlings of Phaseolus vulgaris L. var. Red Kidney infiltrated in darkness with aqueous solutions of alpha, alpha'-dipyridyl, o-phenanthroline, pyridine-2-aldoxime, pyridine-2-aldehyde, 8-hydroxyquinoline, or picolinic acid synthesize large amounts of

Levulinic acid inhibited the greening of etiolated maize (Zea mays) and bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) leaves and caused accumulation of delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA). ALA accumulation in maize was equivalent to the decrease in chlorophyll, over a wide range of experimental conditions. It was saturated

Mercury (Hg), a potent metallic toxicant, is known for having inhibitory effect on chlorophyll biosynthesis. In vivo supply of HgCl(2) inhibited 5-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD, EC 4.2.1.24) activity in excised greening maize (Zea mays) leaf segments. The inhibition caused by Hg was

A short illumination of etiolated maize (Zea mays) leaves with red light causes a protochlorophyll(ide)-chlorophyll(ide) conversion and induces the synthesis of delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) during a subsequent dark period. In leaves treated with levulinic acid, more ALA is formed in the dark than

Levulinic acid, an inhibitor of porphyrin biosynthesis, causes marked accumulation of a low molecular weight polypeptide in greening maize (Zea mays L.) leaves. Additional compounds which interfere with porphyrin synthesis (e.g. aminooxyacetate, iron-chelators, 4,6-dioxoheptanoic acid) had a similar