BMB Reports
- Volume 31 Issue 1
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- Pages.70-76
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- 1998
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- 1976-670X(eISSN)
Biochemical Characterization of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate Oxidase in Mung Bean Hypocotyls
- Jin, Eon-Seon (Department of Biology, College of Science, Yonsei University) ;
- Lee, Jae-Hyeok (Department of Biology, College of Science, Yonsei University) ;
- Kim, Woo-Taek (Department of Biology, College of Science, Yonsei University)
- Published : 1998.01.31
Abstract
The final step in ethylene biosynthesis is catalyzed by the enzyme 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) oxidase. ACC oxidase was extracted from mung bean hypocotyls and its biochemical characteristics were determined. In vitro ACC oxidase activity required ascorbate and
Keywords
- 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) oxidase;
- Ethylene;
- Mung bean (Vigna radiata L.);
- Salicylic acid