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Occurrence of Fructose-l-phosphate in Tissues of Higher Plants

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THERE is considerable evidence for a role of fructose-l-phosphate in the metabolism of some animal tissues1. Relatively little is known about the occurrence of this compound in higher plants. Cardini2 has shown that preparations of jack bean seeds can cleave fructose-l-phosphate to dihydroxyacetone phosphate and a compound which is probably glyceraldehyde. On the basis of electrophoretic separation, Schwimmer, Bevenue and Weston3,4 tentatively identified fructose-l-phosphate in extracts of potatoes. We report here evidence for the presence of fructose-l-phosphate in storage tissue of carrot (Daucus carota L.) and white turnip (Brassica rapa ssp. rapa}.

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GRAHAM, D., AP REES, T. Occurrence of Fructose-l-phosphate in Tissues of Higher Plants. Nature 208, 88–89 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/208088b0

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