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. 1970 Apr;117(3):473-9.
doi: 10.1042/bj1170473.

A comparative study of the ability of methionine or linolenic acid to act as precursors of ethylene in plant tissues

L W Mapson, J F March, M J Rhodes, L S Wooltorton

A comparative study of the ability of methionine or linolenic acid to act as precursors of ethylene in plant tissues

L W Mapson et al. Biochem J. 1970 Apr.

Abstract

A comparative study has been made of the ability of three plant tissues to incorporate (14)C into ethylene from (14)C-labelled methionine and derivatives and from (14)C-labelled linolenic acid. Incorporation of label occurs readily from methionine and its derivative 4-methylmercapto-2-oxobutyric acid with apple, tomato or cauliflower floret tissue. No incorporation of label occurred, however, from uniformly (14)C-labelled linolenate.

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