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Ethylene and polyamine metabolism, both sharing a common precursor, S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), were investigated during detached tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. nothovar F1 “Lorena”) fruit ripening. Putrescine (PUT) was found to be the major polyamine in the fruits, always over 100 nmols/g FW, while spermidine (SPD) was between 7% and 3% of the level of PUT. Spermine (SPM) was not detected at any stage of ripening. The level of PUT and SPD, did not change significantly during ripening in spite of the almost continuous synthesis of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC), the ethylene precursor, and only at the last stage of ripening was a drastic decrease in SPD content observed. The results obtained show that the onset of ACC synthesis and its accumulation within the tissue is not a consequence of a decrease in SPD synthesis.
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Casas, J.L., Acosta, M., Del Rio, J.A. et al. Ethylene evolution during ripening of detached tomato fruit: Its relation with polyamine metabolism. Plant Growth Regul 9, 89–96 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00027436
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