Arrigoni O, Arrigoni-Liso R, Calabrese G
Science. 1976 Oct 15;194(4262):332-3. doi: 10.1126/science.194.4262.332.
Lycorine, an inhibitor of ascorbic acid biosynthesis, prevents the elicitation of KCN-insensitive respiration in aerated potato tuber slices. Ascorbic acid administration prevents the lycorine effect. Because KCN-insensitive respiration, which takes place during the aerobic incubation of potato tuber slices, specifically depends on the synthesis of new proteins, we suggest that ascorbic acid could be required to carry out a synthetic process.
石蒜碱是抗坏血酸生物合成的抑制剂，它能抑制通气的马铃薯块茎切片中对氰化钾不敏感的呼吸作用。施用抗坏血酸可消除石蒜碱的这种作用。由于马铃薯块茎切片在需氧培养期间发生的对氰化钾不敏感的呼吸作用特别依赖于新蛋白质的合成，我们认为抗坏血酸可能是进行合成过程所必需的。
