THE MODULATION OF THE CONVERSION OF 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID TO ETHYLENE BY LIGHT
THE MODULATION OF THE CONVERSION OF 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID TO ETHYLENE BY LIGHT
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00383887
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
VANLOON, LC
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作者:
DELAAT, AMM;BRANDENBURG, DCC;VANLOON, LC
Endogenous ethylene production of tobacco leaves was similar in light and in darkness. However, the rate of conversion of exogenously applied l-aminocyclopropane-l-carboxylic acid (ACC) to ethylene was reversibly inhibited by light. Virus-stimulated ethylene production, during the hypersensitive reaction of tobacco leaves to tobacco mosaic virus, was likewise inhibited by light. Under such circumstances ethylene production is limited at the level of the conversion of ACC to ethylene. Inhibition of the increase in ACC-stimulated ethylene production by cycloheximide and 2-(4-methyl-2,6-dinitroanilino)-N-methyl-propionamide after shifting leaf discs from light to darkness indicated that de novo protein synthsis was involved. Regulation of ACC-dependent ethylene production by reversible oxidation/reduction of essential SH groups, as suggested by Gepstein and Thimann (1980, Planta149, 196–199) could be excluded. Instead, regulation of the ACC-converting enzyme at the level of both synthesis/degradation and activation/inactivation is suggested. Phytochrome was not involved in light inhibition, but low intensities of either red or blue light decreased the rate of ACC conversion. Dichlorophenyldimethylurea counteracted the inhibitory effect of light, indicating that (part of) the photosynthetic system is involved in the light inhibition. The ethylene production ofPharbitiscotyledons grown in darkness or light, either in the presence of absence of the inhibitor of carotenoid synthesis, SAN 9789 (norflurazon), supported this view.