PLANT HORMONE ETHYLENE IS A NORRISH TYPE-II PRODUCT FROM ENZYMATICALLY GENERATED TRIPLET 1-BUTANAL

Authors
KNUDSEN FD CAMPA A STEFANI HA CILENTO G
Citation
Fd. Knudsen et al., PLANT HORMONE ETHYLENE IS A NORRISH TYPE-II PRODUCT FROM ENZYMATICALLY GENERATED TRIPLET 1-BUTANAL, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Statesof America, 91(1), 1994, pp. 410-412
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Statesof America → ACNP
ISSN journal
00278424
Volume
91
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
410 - 412
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-8424(1994)91:1<410:PHEIAN>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The peroxidase-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of a linear aldehyde, leadi ng to the next lower homologue in the triplet state, is accompanied by Norrish type II product ethylene when the substrate is pentanal. This system appears to provide an example of ''photobiochemistry without l ight'' because ethylene is a plant hormone and is formed in lipid pero xidation when the recurrent oxidation of linear aldehydes occurs.