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Genetic tumour tissues of Nicotiana glauca (Grah.) × N. langsdorffii (Weinm.), which grow on auxin and cytokinin-free medium, were incubated with [14C]-/[3H]-adenine or [3H]-hypoxanthine to investigate cytokinin biosynthesis. Adenine was supplied to tissues of two different ages (2- and 3.5-week-old) for 8, 24 or 30 h. The uptake was over 91.0 % (of "supplied radioactivity") by 2-week-old tissues as compared to around 50.0 % uptake by 3.5-week-old tissues. Incorporation into cytokinins could not be detected. While unmetabolized adenine accounted for only about 24.0 and 13.4 % of "extracted radioactivity" (following 8 and 30 h incubation, respectively) in 2-week-old tissues, relatively higher levels, i.e. 36.0 and 34.5 % (following 8 and 24 h incubation, respectively) were present in 3.5-week-old tissues. The metabolites formed were adenosine and its nucleotides (4.5 - 16.5 % and 37.4 - 60.2 % of the extracted radioactivity, respectively). Hypoxanthine was supplied to 3.5-week-old tissues for 8 and 24 h. While the uptake was low (<28.0 % of supplied radioactivity), the major proportion of extracted radioactivity was due to unmetabolized hypoxanthine (79.8 % and 85.9 % after 8 and 24 h incubation periods, respectively); the minor metabolites were inosine and adenosine (both <0.5 %) and their nucleotides (< 3.5 %). Radioactivity incorporation into cytokinins from hypoxanthine was not detected. Thus in the present investigations precursor incorporation from either adenine or hypoxanthine into cytokinins could not be demonstrated. It is possible that this may be due to slow rate of cytokinin turnover in these tissues.
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Nandi, S., Palni, L. Metabolism of Adenine and Hypoxanthine in a Hormone Autonomous Genetic Tumour Line of Tobacco. Biologia Plantarum 40, 555–563 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1001753220033
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