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Ethylene-Enhanced 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic Acid Synthase Activity in Ripening Apples ¹

Institut für Obstbau (370), Universität Hohenheim, 7000 Stuttgart 70, Federal Republic of Germany

Apples (Malus sylvestris Mill, cv Golden Delicious) were treated before harvest with aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG). AVG is presumed to reversibly inhibit 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) activity, but not the formation of ACC synthase. AVG treatment effectively blocked initiation of autocatalytic ethylene production and ripening of harvested apples. Exogenous ethylene induced extractable ACC synthase activity and ripening in AVG-treated apples. Removal of exogenous ethylene caused a rapid decline in ACC synthase activity and in CO₂ production. The results with ripened, AVG-treated apples indicate (a) a dose-response relationship between ethylene and enhancement of ACC synthase activity with a half-maximal response at approximately 0.8 µl/l ethylene; (b) reversal of ethylene-enhanced ACC synthase activity by CO₂; (c) enhancement of ACC synthase activity by the ethylene-activity analog propylene.

Induction of ACC synthase activity, autocatalytic ethylene production, and ripening of preclimacteric apples not treated with AVG were delayed by 6 and 10% CO₂, but not by 1.25% CO₂. However, each of these CO₂ concentrations reduced the rate of increase of ACC synthase activity.

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