Ostin A, Ilic N, Cohen JD
Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 90183 Umea, Sweden (A.O.).
Plant Physiol. 1999 Jan;119(1):173-8. doi: 10.1104/pp.119.1.173.
The enzymatic synthesis of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) from indole by an in vitro preparation from maize (Zea mays L.) that does not use tryptophan (Trp) as an intermediate is described. Light-grown seedlings of normal maize and the maize mutant orange pericarp were shown to contain the necessary enzymes to convert [14C]indole to IAA. The reaction was not inhibited by unlabeled Trp and neither [14C]Trp nor [14C]serine substituted for [14C]indole in this in vitro system. The reaction had a pH optimum greater than 8.0, required a reducing environment, and had an oxidation potential near that of ascorbate. The results obtained with this in vitro enzyme preparation provide strong, additional evidence for the presence of a Trp-independent IAA biosynthesis pathway in plants.
本文描述了一种来自玉米(Zea mays L.)的体外制剂,该制剂能在不使用色氨酸(Trp)作为中间体的情况下,将吲哚酶促合成吲哚-3-乙酸(IAA)。研究表明,正常玉米和玉米突变体橙色果皮的光照生长幼苗含有将[14C]吲哚转化为IAA所需的酶。在该体外系统中,未标记的Trp不会抑制该反应,且[14C]Trp和[14C]丝氨酸均不能替代[14C]吲哚。该反应的最适pH大于8.0,需要还原环境,且氧化电位接近抗坏血酸盐。用这种体外酶制剂获得的结果为植物中存在不依赖Trp的IAA生物合成途径提供了有力的额外证据。