Relationship of Phenylalanine Ammonia-lyase Activity to o-Hydroxycinnamic Acid Content in Melilotus alba

Absence of Dominance of the Cu Gene in Influencing o-Hydroxycinnamic Acid Content in Melilotus alba

The average content of o-hydroxycinnamic acid in sweetclover plants of the Cucu genotype was 36% of the level found in CuCu plants. Thus, the level of o-hydroxycinnamic acid in the Fl was more like the content of the cucu parent than that of the CuCu parent, indicating that cu was partially dominant over Cu. The calculated value for the degree of dominance of cu over Cu was +0.299. The partial ...

Genetic control of the metabolism of O-hydroxycinnamic acid precursors in Melilotus alba.

Trans-o-Hydroxycinnamic Acid Glucosylation in Cell-Free Extracts of Melilotus alba

The gIucosylation of trans-o-hydroxycinnamic acid has been demonstrated in cell-free extracts of MeliIotus alba. The reaction requires UDPG, a sulfhydryl compound, and an active extract from sweet clover leaves. The product of the reaction has been tentatively identified as trans-/3-D-glucosyl-o-hydroxycinnamic acid. I N T R O D U C T I O N Low molecular weight phenols which occur in living cel...

Yeast Phenylalanine Ammonia-lyase

I?henyialanine ammonia-lyase from the yeast Rhodotorula gluiinis was purified by salt fractionations and Sephadex chromatography. Density gradient centrifugation and Sephadex chromatography indicated its molecular weight to be about 275,000. Enzymatic deamination of several ring-substituted phenylalanine analogues and n-phenylalanine was studied. While cinnamic acid, a product of deamination, a...

Ethylene-induced Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase Activity in Carrot Roots.

Ethylene enhanced the activity of phenylalanine ammonialyase in carrot (Daucus carota L., var. "Nauty") root tissue. Slight increase in enzyme activity was exhibited by root discs incubated in ethylene-free air. It was probably due to the ethylene formed within the sliced tissue. Addition of ethylene to the air stream increased phenylalanine ammonia-lyase activity and the total protein content ...