Tryptophan-Independent Indole-3-Acetic Acid Synthesis: Critical Evaluation of the Evidence

Heather M Nonhebel

doi:10.1104/pp.15.01091

Tryptophan-Independent Indole-3-Acetic Acid Synthesis: Critical Evaluation of the Evidence

Plant Physiol. 2015 Oct;169(2):1001-5. doi: 10.1104/pp.15.01091. Epub 2015 Aug 6.

Author

Heather M Nonhebel¹

Affiliation

¹ School of Science and Technology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2350, Australia hnonheb2@une.edu.au.

Abstract

Evidence for Trp-independent IAA synthesis is critically reevaluated in the light of tryptophan synthase proteome data, local IAA synthesis and Trp, indole-3-pyruvate, and IAA turnover.

MeSH terms

Arabidopsis / genetics
Arabidopsis / metabolism
Indoleacetic Acids / metabolism*
Mutation
Phylogeny
Plant Proteins / genetics
Plant Proteins / metabolism
Plants / metabolism*
Solanum lycopersicum / metabolism
Tryptophan / chemistry
Tryptophan / metabolism*
Tryptophan Synthase / genetics
Tryptophan Synthase / metabolism*
Zea mays / genetics
Zea mays / metabolism

Substances

Indoleacetic Acids
Plant Proteins
indoleacetic acid
Tryptophan
Tryptophan Synthase