Pigment synthesis in Cucurbita moschata cotyledons as influenced by CPTA and several inhibitors |
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Authors: | Seyama Norio; Splittstoesser Walter E |
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Institution: | Department of Horticulture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, Illinois 61801, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | 2-(4-Chlorophenylthio) triethylamine hydrochloride (CPTA) inducedthe accumulation of a number of carotenes in pumpkin (Cucurbitamoschata) cotyledons, a tissue which does not normally accumulatethese pigments. Lycopene accumulated concomitantly with a decreasein -carotene and ß-carotene. CPTA appeared to inhibitcyclases involved in the synthesis of -carotene and ß-caroteneand to stimulate enzymes involved in lycopene synthesis. Cycloheximidereduced this CPTA induced enzyme synthesis while diphenylaminereduced CPTA induced carotene accumulation. Actinomycin D alonereduced accumulation of carotenes, but it did not affect CPTAinduced carotene accumulation. Rather lutein, violoxanthin andneoxanthin decreased and -carotene and ß-caroteneaccumulated.
1Present address: Morioka Branch, Vegetable and Ornamental CropsResearch Station, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Shimokuriyagawa,Morioka, Japan. (Received August 12, 1974; ) |
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