
%0 Journal Article
%A Thorpe, N 
%A Milthorpe, FL 
%T Respiration and Alanine Metabolism in <I>Commelina</I> Epidermis
%J Functional Plant Biology
%D 1986/04/01
%V 13
%N 2
%P 275-280
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/PP9860275
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/PP9860275 
%X [U-14C]alanine offered to epidermal peels was readily metabolized, mostly via pyruvate and the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Some two-thirds of the radioactivity absorbed was respired and some 2-4% converted to sucrose and ethanol-insoluble compounds. Nevertheless, the calculated amounts of alanine respired were much less than expected. Despite a large degree of deamination and reamination, the fate of the imported amino acid groups is unknown but we believe they are re-exported to the mesophyll, possibly as aspartate during stomatal closing. 
