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Auxin-induced Ethylene Production and Its Inhibition by Aminoethyoxyvinylglycine and Cobalt Ion ¹

^a Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis, California 95616

Auxin is known to stimulate greatly both C₂H₄ production and the conversion of methionine to ethylene in vegetative tissues, while amino-ethoxyvinylglycine (AVG) or Co²⁺ ion effectively block these processes. To identify the step in the ethylene biosynthetic pathway at which indoleacetic acid (IAA) and AVG exert their effects, [3-¹⁴C]methionine was administered to IAA or IAA-plus-AVG-treated mung bean hypocotyls, and the conversion of methionine to S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), 1-amino-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC), and C₂H₄ was studied. The conversion of methionine to SAM was unaffected by treatment with IAA or IAA plus AVG, but active conversion of methionine to ACC was found only in tissues which were treated with IAA and which were actively producing ethylene. AVG treatment abolished both the conversion of methionine to ACC and ethylene production. These results suggest that in the ethylene biosynthetic pathway (methionine SAM ACC C₂H₄) IAA stimulates C₂H₄ production by inducing the synthesis or activation of ACC synthase, which catalyzes the conversion of SAM to ACC. Indeed, ACC synthase activity was detected only in IAA-treated tissues and its activity was completely inhibited by AVG. This conclusion was supported by the observation that endogenous ACC accumulated after IAA treatment, and that this accumulation was completely eliminated by AVG treatment. The characteristics of Co²⁺ inhibition of IAA-dependent and ACC-dependent ethylene production were similar. The data indicate that Co²⁺ exerts its effect by inhibiting the conversion of ACC to ethylene. This conclusion was further supported by the observation that when Co²⁺ was administered to IAA-treated tissues, endogenous ACC accumulated while ethylene production declined.

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