... biosynthesis is constitutively localised in plastids. For details on Arg biosynthesis up to Orn see [3]. ASL: argininosuccinate lyase; ASSY: argininosuccinate synthetase; OTC: ornithine transcarbamylase, ... increase in the contents of leucine, iso-leucine, phenylalanine and lysine in Orn-fed, and par-tially also in Arg-fed, oat mutants indicated disturbancesof amino acid metabolism. All increased amino ... 14(page number not for citation purposes)BMC Plant BiologyOpen AccessResearch articleOrnithine-δ-aminotransferase is essential for Arginine Catabolism but not for Proline BiosynthesisDietmar Funck*1,...