Abstract
12-Oxo-trans-10-dodecenoic acid (trans-10-ODA) is an oxidation product of polyunsaturated fatty acids in plant tissues. The structural similarity of trans-10-ODA and traumatic acid, a compound considered to be a wound hormone, suggested that trans-10-ODA might be a precursor of traumatic acid. Both trans-10-ODA and traumatic acid were active in the Wehnelt bean assay. The results were more consistent with trans-10-ODA than with traumatic acid. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. var. National Pickling) hypocotyls also showed a growth increase following treatment with trans-10-ODA, which suggested that trans-10-ODA has a more general influence on plant development than previously ascribed to traumatic acid.
Runner beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L. var. Kentucky Wonder) were analyzed for the presence of endogenous trans-10-ODA and traumatic acid. These are the beans from which traumatic acid was originally isolated in 1939. They contained trans-10-ODA but no traumatic acid. Young beans were a better source of trans-10-ODA than older beans and an increase in the esterified form of trans-10-ODA with age may have been due to a conversion of the free acid to the esterified form. The amount of endogenous trans-10-ODA increased when bean pod tissue was sliced and wounded. Rapid stirring and the presence of oxygen increased autooxidation of trans-10-ODA to traumatic acid in runner beans, which indicated that the compound identified as traumatic acid is formed by autooxidation of trans-10-ODA and that trans-10-ODA is a natural compound with growth-regulating properties.
Enzyme extracts of runner beans synthesized trans-10-ODA from linoleic acid. No enzymic synthesis of traumatic acid was observed even when cofactors were added to the reaction mixture. This confirmed the conclusion that traumatic acid is formed by autooxidation of trans-10-ODA.
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