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Aconitase (EC 4.2.1.3) is an enzyme that catalyzes the reaction of reversible conversion between citrate and isocitrate. In cotyledons of oil-storage plants such as pumpkin, aconitase was thought to exist not only in mitochondria as a member of the tricarboxylic acid cycle but also in glyoxysomes as a member of glyoxylate cycle. The glyoxylate cycle is an important pathway for producing sucrose from reserved lipid at early stage of seedling growth under the cooperation of other metabolic pathways such as ß-oxidation.
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Hayashi, M., Bellis, L.D., Nishimura, M. (1995). Molecular Characterization of Aconitase in Etiolated Pumpkin Cotyledons. In: Kader, JC., Mazliak, P. (eds) Plant Lipid Metabolism. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8394-7_133
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