BiochemistrybioRxivPreprint
Apple and banana fruits produce anteiso- and iso-branched-chain esters from newly synthesized precursors
Philip Engelgau, Sumithra K. Wendakoon, Aubrey DuBois…·Randolph M. Beaudry
The paper shows that branched-chain esters in apple and banana fruits are synthesized from newly made precursors, not preexisting amino acids, and identifies specific esters dependent on enzyme activity.
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