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IT is generally considered that glutamate dehydrogenase (EC.1.4.1.3) is the enzyme that is chiefly responsible for the incorporation of nitrogen into the α-amino group of amino acids: 
We suggest that this is not the case in the leaves of higher plants.
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LEA, P., MIFLIN, B. Alternative route for nitrogen assimilation in higher plants. Nature 251, 614–616 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/251614a0
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