Ethylene: gas hormone - Western Oregon University
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Ethylene: gas hormone
• Overview• Chemistry• Conditions of
production• Physiological effects• Mode of action
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History
• Gas hormone (C2H4) • Citrus growers and kerosene heaters/ fruit
ripening • bioassay for the triple response
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Biosynthesis
• synthesized from Methionine
• ACC • ACC oxidase
produces ethylene • requires oxygen • not conjugated • catabolized to
ethylene oxide or CO2
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Conditions of production• flooding • transport of ACC • no O2 in roots for
ethylene production• senescence • wounding • drought stress • IAA--some effects of
auxin are actually ethylene
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Physiological effects Triple response
• Effective @ 1ul/L • Abscission • Fruit Ripening • Developmental
effects
Inhibition of flower senescence
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Abscission
• reduces auxintransport
• seperation layer
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Abscission
Wild type ethylene insensitive
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Fruit Ripening
• climacteric fruits: examples
• respiratory burst • ACC first then
ethylene • targets cell wall
softening • cellulase in avocado
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Climacteric fruits
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ethephon: synthethic ethylene
• synchronize ripening • conditions slow ripening: high CO2/cool
temperatures/low O2
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Root hair formation
Air ethylene
Epinasty
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Mode of action
• ethylene receptor • membrane protein• Inactivated• Allows ethylene
response pathway • activates transcription
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Activation of genes