Abstract
Ethylene production is inhibited by several new structural analogues of amino cyclopropane carboxylic acid (ACC), without an amine function in the C1 position. The Substituted Cyclopropane Carboxylic Acids (SCCA) require a minimal cyclopropane ring but no amine function to exhibit inhibition. Ethylene inhibition was essayed on tomato discs, and on partially purified ACC oxidase from apple fruits. These new inhibitors possess a cyclopropane ring and a substituant (R2) in the C2 position. First results showed that the amount of ethylene inhibition is strongly correlated to the chemical structure of (R2, R5) and to the presence or not of a carboxylic function in the C1 position of the cyclopropane ring. To evaluate the nature of inhibition, kinetic studies were made using partially purified ACC oxidase from apple fruits. From all the inhibitors tested the best results were obtained using trans — phenyl cyclopropane carboxylic acid and cyclopropane 1,1 dicarboxylic acid.
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Dourtoglou, V., Koussissi, E., Petritis, K. (1999). Evaluation of Novel Inhibitors of ACC Oxidase Possessing Cyclopropyl Moiety. In: Kanellis, A.K., Chang, C., Klee, H., Bleecker, A.B., Pech, J.C., Grierson, D. (eds) Biology and Biotechnology of the Plant Hormone Ethylene II. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4453-7_3
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