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In the low temperature- or desiccation- affected tissues, the promotion of ethylene synthesis depends not only on the enhanced synthesis of 1-aminocyclopropane-l-carboxylic acid (ACC) but also on a degree of membrane injury. The reversible membrane alterations (potassium or electrolyte leakage not higher than 40%) were associated with a linear increase in ethylene production, whereas irreversible injury (leakage higher than 40%) — with a rapid decrease in ethylene evolution. Similar pattern of the stress-induced changes was observed for lipoxygenase activity. Inhibition of the enzyme activity led to the inhibition of wound ethylene evolution. It is proposed that the stress-promoted synthesis of ethylene in cells, showing reversible membrane alterations, depends both on a high availability of ACC and on a promotion of lipoxygenase-mediated increased production of lipoperoxides. Lipoperoxides or their derivatives, formed in radical-chain reactions, facilitate the chemical conversion of ACC to ethylene.
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Kacperska, A., Kubacka-Zebalska, M. (1993). Wound Ethylene Synthesis in the Stress-Affected Cells. 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_48
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