Subcellular Localization of Alkaloids

In 1973, Fairbairn et al. showed that the pellet obtained by centrifuging the latex of Papaver somniferum was capable of performing certain 

Thus this new body of evidence implicating the vacuole containing the alkaloids and possessing some of the enzymes required for alkaloid biosynthesis offers intriguing possibilities concerning alkaloid degradation. 

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KUTCHAN, T.M., RUSH, M COSC1A, C.J., Subcellular localization of alkaloids and dopamine in different vacuolar compartments of Papaver bracteatum. Plant Physiol., 1986, 81,161-166. 

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