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Gibberellin biosynthesis in developing pumpkin seedlings.

Theo Lange·Jeannette Kappler·Andreas Fischer·Andrea Frisse·Tania Padeffke·Sabine Schmidtke·Maria João Pimenta Lange
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A gibberellin (GA) biosynthetic pathway was discovered operating in root tips of 7-d-old pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) seedlings. Stepwise analysis of GA metabolism in cell-free systems revealed the conversion of GA(12)-aldehyde to bioactive GA(4) and inactive GA(34). Highest levels of endogenous GA(4) and GA(34) were found in hypocotyls and root tips of 3-d-old seedlings. cDNA molecules encoding two GA oxidases, CmGA20ox3 and CmGA3ox3, were isolated from root tips of 7-d-old LAB150978-treated seedlings. Recombinant CmGA20ox3 fusion protein converted GA(12) to GA(9), GA(24) to GA(9), GA(14) to GA(4), and, less efficiently, GA(53) to GA(20), and recombinant CmGA3ox3 protein oxidized GA(9) to GA(4). Transcript profiles were determined for four GA oxidase genes from pumpkin revealing relatively high transcript levels for CmGA7ox in shoot tips and cotyledons, for CmGA20ox3 in shoot tips and hypocotyls, and for CmGA3ox3 in hypocotyls and roots of 3-d-old seedlings. Transcripts of CmGA2ox1 were mainly found in roots of 7-d-old seedlings. In roots of 7-d-old seedlings, transcripts of CmGA7ox, CmGA20ox3, and CmGA3ox3 were localized in the cap and the rhizodermis by in situ hybridization. We conclude that hypocotyls and root tips are important sites of GA biosynthesis in the developing pumpkin seedling.

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Cell-Free SystemCotyledonCucurbitaGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Expression Regulation, PlantGibberellinsHypocotylMolecular Sequence DataMolecular StructureOxidoreductasesPlant ProteinsPlant RootsRNA, MessengerRNA, PlantSeedlingsJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Theo Lange, Jeannette Kappler, Andreas Fischer, Andrea Frisse, Tania Padeffke, Sabine Schmidtke, Maria João Pimenta Lange. 2005-08-26. Gibberellin biosynthesis in developing pumpkin seedlings.. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.105.064162

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