Biosynthesis of Malonate in Roots of Soybean Seedlings

Abstract
Many plants accumulate malonate, but malonate does not accumulate as a deadend product of metabolism in soybean (G. max cv. Hodgson) tissues. The metabolism of malonate in the soybean plant at the whole tissue and enzymic level was followed, and the pathway of malonate biosynthesis in young soybean root tissue was via acetyl-CoA carboxylase.