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Plant Physiology 55:1074-1078 (1975)
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Ethylene-forming Systems in Etiolated Pea Seedling and Apple Tissue

Morris Lieberman and Alice T. Kunishi

Post Harvest Plant Physiology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Center—West, Beltsville, Maryland 20705

Auxin-induced ethylene formation in etiolated pea (Pisum sativum L. var. Alaska) stem segments was inhibited by inhibitors of RNA and protein synthesis. Kinetics of the inhibitions is described for actinomycin D, cordycepin, {alpha}-amanitin, and cycloheximide. {alpha}-Amanitin was the most potent and fast-acting inhibitor, when added before induction or 6 hours after induction of the ethylene-forming system. The ethylene-forming system of postclimacteric apple (Malus sylvestris L.) tissue, which is already massively induced, was not further stimulated by auxin. Ethylene production in apples was inhibited least by {alpha}-amanitin and most by actinomycin D. The relative responses of the ethylene system in apples to RNA inhibitors were different from the ethylene system of pea stems. However, the protein synthesis inhibitor, cycloheximide, appeared to act equally in both tissue systems. The effect of cycloheximide on ethylene production in postclimacteric apple tissue, already producing large quantities of ethylene, suggests a dynamic regulating system for the synthesis and degradation of the ethylene-forming system.






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