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Abscisic Acid Metabolism by a Cell-free Preparation from Echinocystis lobata Liquid Endoserum ¹

^a Biochemistry-Physiology Group, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York 13210

A cell-free enzyme system capable of metabolizing abscisic acid has been obtained from Eastern Wild Cucumber (Echinocystis lobata Michx.) liquid endosperm. The reaction products were determined to be phaseic acid (PA) and dihydrophaseic acid (DPA) by co-chromatography on thin layer chromatograms as the free acids, methyl esters, and their respective oxidation or reduction products. The crude enzyme preparation was separated by centrifugation into a particulate abscisic acid (ABA)-hydroxylating activity and a soluble PA-reducing activity. The particulate ABA-hydroxylating enzyme showed a requirement for O₂ and NADPH, inhibition by CO, and high substrate specificity for (+)-ABA. Acetylation of short term incubation mixtures gave evidence for the presence of 6'-hydroxymethyl-ABA as an intermediate in PA formation. Determinations of endogenous ABA and DPA concentrations suggest that the ABA-hydroxylating and PA-reducing enzymes are extensively metabolizing ABA in the intact E. lobata seed.

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