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Identification and Metabolism of 1-(Malonylamino)cyclopropane-1-carboxylic Acid in Germinating Peanut Seeds ¹

Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis, CA 95616

Peanut seeds (Arachis hypogea L. Yue-you 551) contain 50 to 100 nanomoles per gram conjugated 1-aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid (ACC). Based on paper chromatography, paper electrophoresis, and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, it was verified that the major ACC conjugate was N-malonyl-ACC (MACC). Germinating peanut seeds converted [2-¹⁴C]ACC to ethylene 70 times more efficiently than N-malonyl-[2-¹⁴C]ACC; when ACC was administered, most of it was metabolized to MACC. Germinating peanut seeds produced ethylene and converted L-[3,4-¹⁴C]methionine to ethylene; this ethylene biosynthesis was inhibited by aminoethoxyvinylglycine. These data indicate that MACC occurs in peanut seeds but does not serve as the source of ethylene during germination; ethylene is, however, synthesized from methionine via ACC.

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