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Planta. 1977 Jan;134(3):273-5. doi: 10.1007/BF00384193.

Cytokinins: 7-glucosylation is not a prerequisite of the expression of their biological activity.

Planta

M Laloue

Affiliations

  1. Laboratoire de Physiologie végétale, Service des Hormones végétales, t.53.E.3., Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4, place Jussieu, F-75230, Paris Cédex 05, France.

PMID: 24419782 DOI: 10.1007/BF00384193

Abstract

(14)C-labelled benzyladenine-7-glucoside (0.57 μM) supplied to cytokinin-requiring Nicotiana tabacum (cv. Wisconsin 38) cells cultivated in liquid medium was slowly absorbed and resulted in rather large intracellular quantities of benzyladenine-7-glucoside (30 pmol/10(5) cells) but did not show any biological activity, while 0.01 μM benzyladenosine induced cell division. In this case the resulting intracellular quantity of benzyladenine-7-glucoside formed was 3.3 pmol/10(5) cells. Also, N(6)-(Δ(2)-isopentenyl)adenosine induced cell division in these tobacco suspensions without being significantly 7-glucosylated. These data provide strong evidence that the 7-glucosylation of cytokinins is not a prerequisite of the expression of their biological activity.

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