Delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase (P5CR) (EC:1.5.1.2) [1, 2] is the enzyme that catalyzes the terminal step in the biosynthesis of proline from glutamate, the NAD(P) dependent oxidation of 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate into proline.
Delauney AJ, Verma DP.
A soybean gene encoding delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase was isolated by functional complementation in Escherichia coli and is found to be osmoregulated.
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[PubMed: 2199815] http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00259392