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Lysine Catabolism in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

^a Department of Chemistry, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, DK 1871 Copenhagen V, Denmark

Lysine catabolism in seedlings of barley (Hordeum vulgare L. var. Emir) was studied by direct injection of the following tracers into the endosperm of the seedlings: aspartic acid-3-¹⁴C, 2-aminoadipic acid-1-¹⁴C, saccharopine-¹⁴C, 2,6-diaminopimelic acid-1-(7)-¹⁴C, and lysine-1-¹⁴C. Labeled saccharopine was formed only after the administration of either labeled 2,6-diaminopimelic acid or labeled lysine to the seedlings. The metabolic fate of the other tracers administered also supported a catabolic lysine pathway via saccharopine, and apparently proceeding by a reversal of some of the biosynthetic steps of the 2-aminoadipic acid pathway known from lysine biosynthesis in most fungi. Pipecolic acid seems not to be on the main pathway of L-lysine catabolism in barley seedlings.

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