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. 1973 Dec;70(12 Pt 1-2):3825–3829. doi: 10.1073/pnas.70.12.3825

Isolation of cis-Zeatin from Corynebacterium fascians Cultures

Emanuel Scarbrough *, Donald J Armstrong *, Folke Skoog *, Charles R Frihart †, Nelson J Leonard †
PMCID: PMC427337  PMID: 16592126

Abstract

Three cytokinin-active constituents have been isolated from the culture medium of Corynebacterium fascians, a plant pathogen causing fasciation. One constituent is now identified as cis-zeatin [6-(4-hydroxy-3-methyl-cis-2-butenylamino)purine]. It represents the first unequivocal demonstration of the production of a zeatin isomer by a bacterial species. Another constituent was identified earlier as 6-(3-methyl-2-butenyl-amino)purine. The third constituent, distinct, on Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography, from the above two and their ribosides, has not yet been identified.

Keywords: cytokinins, 6-(4-hydroxy-3-methyl-cis-2-butenylamino)purine, 6-(3-methyl-2-butenylamino)purine, fasciation

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