Chapter 20, Problem 30P

Summary Introduction

To determine: The way in which biologist reconciles these two facts “synthesis of ADP-glucose in chloroplast and synthesis of UDP-glucose in plant cytosol produces ${\text{PP}}_{\text{i}}$ is readily reversible in vivo”.

Introduction:

Pyrophosphatase is also called as inorganic pyrophosphatase that act on one molecule of pyrophosphate and cleaves into two molecules of phosphate ions. This enzyme is present in plant plastids but absent in cytosol.