2,7-Dimethylocta-2,4-dienedioic acid is not a by-product of abscisic acid biosynthesis

B. V. Milborrow*, H. M. Nonhebel, R. D. Willows

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Abstract

The cause of the permanent wilted state of some mutant tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) strains has been shown to be an insufficiency of abscisic acid (ABA). The mutants contain larger than normal amounts of a C10 dienoic dicarboxylic acid (2,7-dimethylocta-2,4-dienoic acid (ODA) whose structure suggests that it is the central residue of a carotenoid from which two potential carbon skeletons of ABA have been removed. When tomato plants were supplied with 2H2O for 6 days the ABA was found to be labelled with up to 11 deuterium atoms while the ODA was unlabelled. ODA, therefore, cannot be a by-product of the biosynthesis of ABA.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)49-53
Number of pages5
JournalPlant Science
Volume56
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1988
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • abscisic acid
  • biosynthesis
  • dimethyloctadienedioic acid
  • wilt

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