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HEUMANN1 showed that the conversion of fat to cellular constituents must occur during the germination of seeds of Cucurbita pepo (pumpkin). A route for such a conversion has been demonstrated in germinating castor beans by Kornberg and Beevers2 which requires for its operation, in addition to the enzymes of the tricarboxylic acid cycle, isocitritase and malate synthetase.
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HEYDEMAN, M. Isocitritase in Germinating Marrow Seeds. Nature 181, 627–628 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181627a0
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