title: Metabolism of gibberellins A1 and A3 in fruits and shoots of Prunus avium.
abstract: Isotope-labelled GA metabolites were identified by GC--MS, following HPLC fractionation of extracts derived from fruits or shoots, that had been incubated with [2H]- and [3H]- GA1 or [2H]- and [3H]- GA3. GA1 (1) was converted into GA8 (10) by developing fruits and vegetative shoots of sweet cherry (Prunus avium cv. 'Stella'), while GA3 (4) was converted into GA3-isolactone (17). Other metabolites of each GA were detected but were not identified unequivocally. These included a metabolite of GA1 (1) in fruitlets that was more polar (by reverse phase HPLC) than GA8 (10) and a metabolite of similar polarity to GA87 (6), was obtained after incubating fruitlets with GA3 (4). However, no evidence was obtained to suggest that GA87 (6) was a metabolite of GA3 (4) or that GA85 (2) was a metabolite of GA1 (1) in these tissues, under the conditions used. The pattern of metabolites obtained from vegetative tissues was similar to that from fruitlets. However, the results suggested that GA1 (1) and GA3 (4) were metabolised at a greater rate in shoots from mature trees than in shoots from seedlings, and that GA1 (1) was metabolised more rapidly than GA3 (4) in juvenile and mature shoots. We conclude from these observations that GA3 (4) is not a precursor of GA87 (6) and GA32 (5), also, that GA1 (1) is not a precursor of GA85 (2) and GA86 (3) in developing fruits or in vegetative shoots of sweet cherry.
authors.affiliation: Horticulture Research International, Kent, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huanpu
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Browning
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D005875:Gibberellins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018520:Plant Shoots / Q000378:metabolism; D019685:Rosales / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005875:Gibberellins; C422660:gibberellin A1; C007842:gibberellic acid