title: Pools of 14C-malic acid as a substrate for pyruvate production for the DOXP/MEP pathway of biosynthesis of carotenoids in chloroplasts.
authors.affiliation: Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, 194223 Russia.
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Saakov
mesh_terms: D027721:Amaranthus; D027466:Atriplex; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes / Q000737:chemistry; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000378:metabolism*; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D004896:Erythritol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D008293:Malates / Q000737:chemistry*; D010428:Pentosephosphates / Q000737:chemistry*; D010788:Photosynthesis; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011773:Pyruvates / Q000737:chemistry*; D019289:Pyruvic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D045868:Sorghum; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013403:Sugar Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry*; D013997:Time Factors; D003313:Zea mays
chemical_list: C109460:1-deoxylulose 5-phosphate; C114232:2-C-methylerythritol 4-phosphate; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D008293:Malates; D010428:Pentosephosphates; D011773:Pyruvates; D013403:Sugar Phosphates; D002338:Carotenoids; C030298:malic acid; D019289:Pyruvic Acid; D004896:Erythritol