Abstract
Indoleacetic acid (IAA)-oxidase from both secondary phloem and xylem was dependent on 2,4-dichlorophenol for activity, and was enhanced by addition of Mn2+. The pH optimum was 6.0 from both tissues. IAA-oxidase and its inhibitors were distributed differently in the secondary phloem and secondary xylem of carrot root. In the phloem a high IAA-oxidase activity was distributed uniformly along the radius but in the xylem a somewhat lower concentration decreased from the cambium. IAA-oxidase inhibitor in the phloem increased exponentially from a very low concentration near the cambium, whereas in the xylem an appreciable concentration was present near the cambium, decreasing linearly with distance from the cambium. Longitudinal gradients in the xylem parallel studies by other workers with the greatest IAA-destroying capacity present in older tissues. In the xylem inhibitor decreased and IAA-oxidase increased from the root apex. In the phloem IAA-oxidase was uniform, whereas the inhibitor increased in older tissue.
The IAA-oxidase inhibitors in phloem and xylem may be different. In the xylem the IAA-oxidase inhibitor may be a lignin precursor present in young cells which disappears as lignification proceeds. In the phloem IAA-oxidase reacting with endogenous IAA appears to form a physiologically active product.
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