Concentration and Metabolic Turnover of Indoles in Germinating Kernels of Zea mays L.
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 65 (3), 415-421
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.65.3.415
Abstract
The amounts and rates of metabolic turnover of the indolylic compounds in germinating kernels of sweet corn were determined. Knowledge of pool size and rate of pool turnover has permitted: (a) identification of indole-3-acetyl-myo-inositol as the major chemical form for transport of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) from endosperm to shoot; (b) demonstration that the free IAA of the endosperm is turning over rapidly with a half-life of 3.2 hours; (c) identification of esters of IAA as the immediate precursors of IAA in the endosperm and shoot; (d) demonstration that neither tryptophan nor tryptamine is a major precursor of IAA for the seed or shoot; (e) identification of IAA-myo-inositol glycosides as precursors of IAA-myo-inositol.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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