Ethylene Biosynthesis in Fruit Tissues 1

AUTOR(ES)

Baur, A. H.

RESUMO

Tracer studies with avocado tissues indicate that methionine is converted to ethylene at stages of the climacteric rise and the climacteric peak, but not at the preclimacteric stage. The results suggest that the control of ethylene biosynthesis is at a step after methionine is synthesized. The endogenous content of methionine was found to be so low that methionine must be actively turned over for ethylene biosynthesis during the stages when the rate of ethylene production is high. Oxygen was found to be essential for this conversion, indicating that at least one of the steps in conversion of methionine to ethylene is oxygen-dependent. The ability of methionine and its keto analogue (α-keto-γ-methylthiobutyric acid) to serve as ethylene precursors by apple tissues was compared. Chemical and kinetic evidence support the view that methionine is a closer precursor of ethylene than its keto analogue.

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