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. 1987 Nov;85(3):643–647. doi: 10.1104/pp.85.3.643

The Effect of Light and Phytochrome on 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylic Acid Metabolism in Etiolated Wheat Seedling Leaves 1

Xin-Zhi Jiao 1,2, Wing-Kin Yip 1, Shang Fa Yang 1
PMCID: PMC1054315  PMID: 16665753

Abstract

While light-grown wheat leaves produced ethylene at a low rate of <0.1 nanomoles per gram per hour and contained 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) at low levels of <2.5 nanomoles per gram, etiolated wheat leaves produced ethylene at a rate of 2 nanomoles per gram per hour and accumulated concentrations of ACC at levels of 40 nanomoles per gram. Upon illumination of 8-day-old etiolated wheat seedlings with white light, the ethylene production rate increased initially, due to the activation of ethylene-forming activity, but subsequently declined to a low level (0.1 nanomoles per gram per hour) at the end of the 6-hour illumination. This light-induced decline in ethylene production rate resulted from a decline (more than 35 nanomoles per gram) in ACC level, which was accompanied by a corresponding increase in 1-(malonylamino)cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid content. These data indicate that illumination promoted ACC malonylation, resulting in reduced ACC level and consequently reduced ethylene production. However, light did not cause any significant increase in the extractable ACC-malonyltransferase activity. The effect of continuous white light on promotion of ACC malonylation was also observed in intermittent white light or red light. A far-red light treatment following red light partially reversed the red light effect, indicating that phytochrome participates in the promotion of ACC malonylation.

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