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The effect of methyl jasmonate on accumulation of 2-phenylethylamine and putrescine in seedlings of common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)

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The effects of exogenously applied methyl jasmonate on content of biogenic amines: putrescine, spermidine, tyramine, cadaverine and 2-phenylethylamine in seedlings of common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) were investigated. The studies have shown that methyl jasmonate stimulates the conversion of l-phenylalanine into 2-phenylethylamine and increases the endogenous levels of putrescine in hypocotyls and cotyledons of buckwheat seedlings. Simultaneous feeding the seedlings with l-phenylalanine and methyl jasmonate has indicated that conversion of l-phenylalanine into 2-phenylethylamine can be one of possible reasons, caused by the methyl jasmonate suppression of anthocyanins synthesis in hypocotyls. To our knowledge, the stimulation of conversion of l-phenylalanine into 2-phenylethylamine by methyl jasmonate, as found in the present study, is described for the first time in higher plants.

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Abbreviations

JAs:

Jasmonates

MJ:

Methyl jasmonate

PAs:

Polyamines

PEA:

2-phenylethylamine

Phe:

l-phenylalanine

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  1. Department of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Institute of Biology, University of Podlasie, Prusa 12, 08-110, Siedlce, Poland

    Marcin Horbowicz, Danuta Koczkodaj & Joanna Mitrus

  2. Research Institute of Vegetable Crops, Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3, 96-100, Skierniewice, Poland

    Ryszard Kosson

  3. Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Tuwima 10, 10-747, Olsztyn, Poland

    Wiesław Wiczkowski

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Horbowicz, M., Kosson, R., Wiczkowski, W. et al. The effect of methyl jasmonate on accumulation of 2-phenylethylamine and putrescine in seedlings of common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum). Acta Physiol Plant 33, 897–903 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-010-0616-5

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