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Plant Physiology 48:197-202 (1971)
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The Induction of Phenylalanine Ammonia Lyase and Phaseollin by 9-Aminoacridine and Other Deoxyribonucleic Acid Intercalating Compounds 1

Samuel L. Hess2 and Lee A. Hadwiger

a Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99163

Bean pod tissue (Phaseolus vulgaris L. var. Top Crop) is induced to produce phaseollin when challenged with various microorganisms. The pods react in the same manner when challenged with 9-aminoacridine. This compound also caused an increase in concentrations of phenylalanine ammonia lyase, an enzyme of the phaseollin synthesizing pathway. Both the synthesis of phenylalanine ammonia lyase and phaseollin are subject to inhibition by actinomycin D, cycloheximide, or 6-methylpurine. The results suggest that both phaseollin production and increased phenylalanine ammonia lyase, when induced by 9-aminoacridine, require newly synthesized RNA and protein.

The concentration of 9-aminoacridine optimal for synthesis of phaseollin and PAL (0.5 mg/ml) does not increase the rate of total protein synthesis. However, there is a differential effect of 9-aminoacridine on synthesis of certain protein fractions. Optimal concentrations of 9-aminoacridine induce phaseollin and phenylalanine ammonia lyase synthesis while reducing the net synthesis of RNA during the period of induction.

The planar three-ring structure of 9-aminoacridine appears to be a desirable feature for phaseollin and phenylalanine ammonia lyase induction. Similar compounds, all DNA intercalators, having dimethylamino, diethylamino, amino, or 9-alkylamino substitutions of a three-ring acridine skeleton, are also inducers of phenylalanine ammonia lyase and phaseollin synthesis.

It is suggested that 9-aminoacridine and other DNA intercalators function as inducers of phaseollin and phenylalanine ammonia lyase synthesis by reacting with the DNA template.

2 Present address: Department of Botany and Range Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84601.

1 Scientific Paper 3582, College of Agriculture, Washington State University, Project 1844.






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