Cytokinin formation by oxidative metabolism

Authors
Barciszewski, J Siboska, G Clark, BFC Rattan, SIS
Citation
J. Barciszewski et al., Cytokinin formation by oxidative metabolism, J PLANT PHY, 157(5), 2000, pp. 587-588
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences","Animal & Plant Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
ISSN journal
01761617 → ACNP
Volume
157
Issue
5
Year of publication
2000
Pages
587 - 588
Database
ISI
SICI code
0176-1617(200011)157:5<587:CFBOM>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A new hypothesis for the synthesis of cytokinins in plants is presented. It contradicts the idea that they are synthesised exclusively by microbial sy mbionts. The paper describes how one cytokinin, kinetin, is associated with plant DNA and appears to be synthesised as a secondary product of DNA oxid ation. There is much data in the literature indicating that oxidative metabolism m ay be the source of many cytokinins in plants.