title: Elongation Pathway for alpha-Linolenic Acid Synthesis in Spinach Leaves: A Reexamination.
abstract: Leaf slices from spinach exhibited considerable variation in their incorporation of [(14)C]bicarbonate and [1-(14)C]acetate into fatty acids. Reductive ozonolysis studies indicated that all the (14)C-labeled fatty acids were synthesized de novo; no in vivo evidence was found for the previously proposed elongation of hexadecatrienoate to alpha-linolenate.
authors: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, Davis, California 95616.
authors: D J
authors: DJ
authors: Murphy
authors: P K
authors: PK
authors: Stumpf