THE PATH OF CARBON IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS .5. PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY AND RADIOAUTOGRAPHY OF THE PRODUCTS
THE PATH OF CARBON IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS .5. PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY AND RADIOAUTOGRAPHY OF THE PRODUCTS
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DOI:
10.1021/ja01160a080
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发表时间:
1950-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
STEPKA, W
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作者:
BENSON, AA;BASSHAM, JA;STEPKA, W
Investigation of the reduction of carbon dioxide in plants requires a rapid and general method for separating and identifying a large number of com-pounds. Paper chromatography is such a method. This paper constitutes a report of progress in the development of experimental procedures in the application of paper chromatography to the sepa-ration of compounds formed by plants during short periods of photosynthesis. The compounds involved are important intermediates of plant and animal metabolism. These methods should find application not only in other biochemical problems, but in the control of chemical synthesis2 as well. A number of products formed during a short pe-riod of photosynthesis with radioactive carbon di-oxide have been reported. 3-4-6-6-7 The classical biochemical methods and ion exchange techniques which were used in those identifications would re-quire considerable effort to separate the large number of compounds involved. The success of paper chromatography in separating two groups of compounds important inphytosynthesis, amino acids8 and sugars, 9'10 prompted the present work on separation of polycarboxylic acids and phos-phate esters. These compounds constitute the presently known intermediates in synthesis of plant material. 11The primary requisite for the use of this method is some means of determining the position of a compound in the chromatogram. Both chemical and physical methods have been used. The former includes color tests which depend on development of a color directly on the paper by the use of specific reagents: ninhydrin for amino acids, 8naphthoresorcinolor Tollens reagent for sug-