title: Indole-3-acetic acid catabolism in Zea mays seedlings. Metabolic conversion of oxindole-3-acetic acid to 7-hydroxy-2-oxindole-3-acetic acid 7'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside.
abstract: A new metabolite of the plant growth substance indole-3-acetic acid has been extracted from Zea mays seedlings and characterized as the 7'-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside of 7-hydroxy-2-oxindole-3-acetic acid. This compound was the major product formed from [5-3H] 2-oxindole-3-acetic acid, incubated with intact plants or root and coleoptile sections. Identification was by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of the trimethylsilyl derivative and by analysis of the hydrolysis products. A synthesis is reported for 7-hydroxy-2-oxindole-3-acetic acid. These results and prior work demonstrate the following catabolic route for indole-3-acetic acid in Zea: indole-3-acetic acid----2-oxindole-3-acetic acid----7-hydroxy-2-oxindole-3-acetic acid----7-hydroxy-2-oxindole-3-acetic acid glucoside.
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078183:Oxindoles; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism*; D012639:Seeds / Q000378:metabolism; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D003313:Zea mays
chemical_list: D007210:Indoleacetic Acids; D000078183:Oxindoles; C003013:2-oxindole-3-acetic acid; C030737:indoleacetic acid