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. 1969 Sep;44(9):1303-9.
doi: 10.1104/pp.44.9.1303.

Tryptophan as an auxin precursor in cucumber seedlings

J E Sherwin, W K Purves

Tryptophan as an auxin precursor in cucumber seedlings

J E Sherwin et al. Plant Physiol. 1969 Sep.

Abstract

The conversion of tryptophan-(14)C to indoleacetic acid-(14)C in cucumber hypocotyls occurred under both sterile and non-sterile conditions. This conversion was not reduced under sterile conditions. The growth response of cucumber hypocotyl segments to exogenously supplied tryptophan was almost as great under sterile conditions as when contaminating micro-organisms were present. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that tryptophan is a normal precursor of indoleacetic acid in cucumber tissues. The conversions of tryptamine-(14)C and indoleethanol-(14)C to indoleacetic acid-(14)C also occurred under both sterile and non-sterile conditions. Indoleethanol-(14)C was formed from tryptamine-(14)C. Hypocotyl segment growth responses to tryptamine and to indoleethanol were not decreased under sterile conditions.

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