title: Enzymic synthesis of γ-coniceine in Conium maculatum chloroplasts and mitochondria.
abstract: Further studies of the transaminase responsible for the first committed step in alkaloid formation in Conium maculatum have shown the L-alanine: 5-ketooctanal transaminase to occur in both the mitochondria and chloroplast. Experiments suggest that these enzymes are the isoenzymes Transaminase A and B respectively previously isolated by the author. It is suggested that the chloroplast enzyme is normally responsible for alkaloid production.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacognosy, The School of Pharmacy, London University, 29-39, Brunswick Square, WC1N 1AX, London, UK.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Roberts