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. 1966 Oct;41(8):1257–1264. doi: 10.1104/pp.41.8.1257

Effect of Purine and Pyrimidine Analogues on Growth and RNA Metabolism in the Soybean Hypocotyl-the Selective Action of 5-Fluorouracil 1,2

Joe L Key 1
PMCID: PMC550513  PMID: 5978545

Abstract

The effects of several base analogues and cycloheximide on RNA synthesis, protein synthesis, and cell elongation were studied in excised soybean hypocotyl. None of the pyrimidine analogues tested affected growth or protein synthesis; only 5-fluorouracil appreciably inhibited RNA synthesis. 8-Azaguanine and 6-methylpurine markedly inhibited RNA and protein synthesis and cell elongation. Cycloheximide effectively inhibited both cell elongation and protein synthesis.

The results show that 5-fluorouracil selectively inhibited ribosomal and soluble RNA synthesis without affecting the synthesis of D-RNA. These results indicate that the requirement for RNA synthesis to support continued protein synthesis and cell elongation is restricted to the synthesis of D-RNA.

5-Fluorouracil was incorporated into all classes of RNA in a form believed to be 5-fluorouridylic acid.

Cycloheximide markedly inhibited the accumulation of ribosomal RNA, but the results indicate that CH did not inhibit, per se, the synthesis of ribosomal RNA. The accumulation of newly synthesized D-RNA was only slightly affected by cycloheximide. These results show that the inhibition of cell elongation by cycloheximide correlates with the inhibition of protein synthesis, but not with the effect on RNA metabolism.

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