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Science 25 July 1980:
Vol. 209. no. 4455, pp. 513 - 515
DOI: 10.1126/science.209.4455.513
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Initiation of Sulfate Activation: A Variation in C4 Photosynthesis Plants

B. C. GERWICK 1, S. B. KU 2, and C. C. BLACK 3

1 Biochemistry Department, University of Georgia, Athens 30602
2 Biochemistry Department, University of Georgia and R. B. Russell Agricultural Research Center, Athens 30604
3 Biochemistry Department, University of Georgia 30602

In leaves of plants with C4 photosynthesis, sulfur assimilation is initiated in bundle sheath cells whereas carbon and nitrogen assimilation are initiated in mesophyll cells. The activation of sulfate by adenosine triphosphate sulfurylase in leaves of C4 plants occurs in chloroplasts of bundle sheath cells and is effected by two isozymes of approximately equal activities that accounted for 95 to 100 percent of the total leaf activity.

Submitted on November 23, 1979
Revised on April 28, 1980


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