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Cyclopropyl‐Substituted Aminocyclopropane Carboxylic Acid (Cyclopropyl‐ACC)—an Investigation of the Mechanism of Ethylene Biosynthesis
Author(s) -
Pirrung Michael,
McGeehan Gerard M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198510441
Subject(s) - 1 aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylic acid , ethylene , biosynthesis , chemistry , mechanism (biology) , carboxylic acid , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , enzyme , philosophy , catalysis , epistemology
The biosynthesis of ethylene, which functions as a fruit‐ripening hormone in plants, from methionine via aminocyclopropane carboxylic acid is inhibited by 1 . In the presence of apple tissue, 1 slowly forms 1,4‐pentadiene 2 via a radical pathway; this is accompanied by inhibition of the ethylene‐forming system.