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Gibberellin Metabolism in Cell-Free Extracts from Spinach Leaves in Relation to Photoperiod ¹

Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, Pflanzenphysiologisches Institut der Universität, 3400 Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany

Cell-free extracts capable of converting [¹⁴C]-labeled gibberellins (GAs) were prepared from spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) leaves. [¹⁴C]-labeled GAs, prepared enzymically from [¹⁴C]mevalonic acid, were incubated with these extracts, and products were identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The following pathway was found to operate in extracts from spinach leaves grown under long day (LD) conditions: GA₁₂ GA₅₃ GA₄₄ GA₁₉ GA₂₀. The pH optima for the enzymic conversions of [¹⁴C]GA₅₃, [¹⁴C]GA₄₄ and [¹⁴C]GA₁₉ were approximately 7.0, 8.0, and 6.5, respectively. These three enzyme activities required Fe²⁺, -ketoglutarate and O₂ for activity, and ascorbate stimulated the conversion of [¹⁴C]GA₅₃ and [¹⁴C]GA₁₉. Extracts from plants given LD or short days (SD) were examined, and enzymic activities were measured as a function of exposure to LD, as well as to darkness following 8 LD. The results indicate that the activities of the enzymes oxidizing GA₅₃ and GA₁₉ are increased in LD and decreased in SD or darkness, but that the enzyme activity oxidizing GA₄₄ remains high irrespective of light or dark treatment. This photoperiodic control of enzyme activity is not due to the presence of an inhibitor in plants grown in SD. These observations offer an explanation for the higher GA₂₀ content of spinach plants in LD than in SD.

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