The proof by 13C-NMR spectroscopy of the predominance of the C5 pathway over the Shemin pathway in chlorophyll biosynthesis in higher plants and of the formation of the methyl ester group of chlorophyll from glycine.
D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D002734:Chlorophyll / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004951:Esterification; D005971:Glutamates / Q000378:metabolism; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D005998:Glycine / Q000378:metabolism*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008745:Methylation; D003313:Zea mays / Q000378:metabolism*
D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D005971:Glutamates; D002734:Chlorophyll; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D005998:Glycine