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Pseudomonas sp. ACP contains an inducible 1-aminocyclopropane-lcarboxylate (ACC) deaminase which allows this organism to grow on ACC as a nitrogen source. ACC is the immediate precursor in the biosynthetic pathway of the hormone ethylene in higher plants. Ethylene regulates a variety of growth and developmental processes, and in particular senescence and fruit ripening. We have isolated a bacterial gene encoding ACC deaminase and chimeric gene constructs which utilize an enhanced 35S promoter have been introduced into tomato. Expression of the ACC deaminase gene in tomato is described.
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Sheehy, R.E., Ursin, V., Vanderpan, S., Hiatt, W.R. (1993). Expression of a Bacterial ACC Deaminase Gene in Tomato. In: Pech, J.C., Latché, A., Balagué, C. (eds) Cellular and Molecular Aspects of the Plant Hormone Ethylene. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1003-9_22
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