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. 1978 Jan;61(1):50–53. doi: 10.1104/pp.61.1.50

Bound Form Indole-3-acetic Acid Synthesis in Tumorous and Nontumorous Species of Nicotiana 1

Shih-Tung Liu 1, Dieter Gruenert 1, C Arthur Knight 1
PMCID: PMC1091794  PMID: 16660235

Abstract

The synthesis of H2O-soluble and NaOH-hydrolyzable bound forms of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) in petiole slices of Nicotiana glauca, Nicotiana langsdorffii, and their tumorous and nontumorous hybrids in the presence of exogenous 14C-IAA was investigated. The synthesis of conjugates progressively increased during 6 hours of incubation in 14C-IAA. The results showed that the rate of synthesis of IAA conjugates was higher in tumorous hybrids supplied exogenous IAA than in the parental species similarly supplied, and the rate of synthesis was higher in amphidiploid tumor plants than in a nontumorous mutant. It was also found that after 10 to 12 hours of incubation, 45% of the IAA taken up by F1 hybrids was in conjugated form whereas only 10 to 25% of the IAA taken up by a nontumorous mutant, N. langsdorffii, or N. glauca was conjugated. An F1 hybrid and an amphidiploid hybrid were found equally efficient in conjugating exogenously supplied IAA. It is postulated on the basis of these and other findings that IAA conjugates play an important role in tumorigenesis in Nicotiana.

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