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Phosphatidylcholine is the major phospholipid of the non-photosynthetic membranes of higher plants1, and its main route of synthesis is via the CDP-base pathway2. Studies with the plant growth-promoting compound, indol-3-y1 acetic acid (IAA), using the third internode region of pea (Pisum sativum L.) stems, have shown that in the presence of IAA the incorporation of [Me-14 C]choline into phosphatidylcholine was reduced within one hour of treatment3. This was shown to be due to a change in the activity of cytidylyltransferase.
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Price-Jones, M.J., Harwood, J.L. (1987). The Control of CTP: Cholinephosphate Cytidylyltransferase in Pea Stems. In: Stumpf, P.K., Mudd, J.B., Nes, W.D. (eds) The Metabolism, Structure, and Function of Plant Lipids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5263-1_59
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