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Aqueous solutions of auxin (indole-3-acetic acid,α-naphthalene acetic acid, or 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) were active in inducing DNA synthesis and mitosis in prewashed tissue explants of mature Jerusalem artichoke tubers. Explants did not respond in this way to aqueous solutions of cytokinin (zeatin, zeatin riboside, 6-benzylaminopurine, or kinetin). The metabolism of [8-3H]zeatin riboside (ZR) was studied in non-dividing and auxin-induced synchronously dividing explants over the first 36 h of culture. ZR was taken up rapidly and to the same extent by both tissues. Sequential analysis of tissue extracts by thin-layer and high-performance-liquid chromatography identified zeatin nucleotide(s) (ZN), O-glucosyl zeatin riboside (OGZR), adenosine, and adenine nucleotide(s) (AN) as the principal metabolites in both tissues. The proportion of radio-activity due to ZR declined steadily and OGZR accumulated steadily at similar rates in both tissues. ZN was the major metabolite in both tissues at 12 h; thereafter ZN continued to accumulate in nondividing tissue, but its level declined in dividing tissue, and a corresponding increase in the levels of AN and adenosine was observed. These treatment differences in cytokinin metabolism were apparent at least 6 h before the onset of mitosis.
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Palmer, M.V., Letham, D.S. & Gunning, B.E.S. Cytokinin metabolism in nondividing and auxin-induced dividing explants ofHelianthus tuberosus L. Tuber tissue. J Plant Growth Regul 2, 289–298 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02042257
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