Planta

, Volume 102, Issue 1, pp 26–36 | Cite as

The effect of indole-3-acetic acid on coleoptile extension growth in the absence of protein synthesis

  • D. Pope
  • M. Black
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Summary

In wheat coleoptile sections cycloheximide inhibited over 90% of 14C-leucine incorporation into protein within 10 minutes of its application. Even after 2-hour pretreatments with cycloheximide, IAA stimulated extension, suggesting that its growth-promoting action did not directly involve protein synthesis.

Kinetic experiments with cycloheximide indicate that incorporation of a structural factor (possibly protein from a previously synthesised pool) into cell walls might be the rate-limiting process affected by IAA.

Keywords

Cell Wall Protein Synthesis Structural Factor Cycloheximide Kinetic Experiment 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • D. Pope
    • 1
  • M. Black
    • 1
  1. 1.Dept. of BiologyQueen Elizabeth College (University of London)London

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