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Development and Growth Regulation

Metabolism of Indole-3-Acetic Acid by Pericarp Discs from Immature and Mature Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) ¹

Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Jaime Roig 11, 46010 Valencia, Spain, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S-901 83 Umeå, Sweden, Department of Botany, School of Biological Sciences, The University, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom

[1'-¹⁴C, ¹³C₆]Indole-3-acetic acid was infiltrated into immature pericarp discs from fruits of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., cv Moneymaker). After a 24-h incubation period the discs were extracted with methanol and the partially purified extract was analyzed by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography-radiocounting. Five metabolite peaks (1-5) were detected and subsequently analyzed by combined high-performance liquid chromatography-frit-fast atom bombardment-mass spectrometry. The metabolite 4 fraction was found to contain [¹³C₆]-indole-3-acetylaspartic acid, and analysis of metabolite 5 identified [¹³C₆]indole-3-acetyl--D-glucose. The other metabolites could not be identified, but alkaline hydrolysis studies and gel permeation chromatography indicated that metabolites 1 and 3 were both amide conjugates with a molecular weight of approximately 600. Studies with radiolabeled indole-3-acetic acid, indole-3-acetylaspartic acid, and indole-3-acetyl--D-glucose demonstrated that in immature pericarp indole-3-acetic acid is deactivated primarily via metabolism to indole-3-acetylaspartic acid, which is further converted to metabolites 1, 2, and 3. In mature, pink pericarp discs, indole-3-acetic acid is converted more extensively to its glucosyl conjugate. Conjugation of indole-3-acetic acid to indole-3-acetylaspartic acid appears to be dependent upon protein synthesis because it is inhibited by cycloheximide. In contrast, cycloheximide has little effect on the further conversion of indole-3-acetylaspartic acid to metabolites 1, 2, and 3.

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