Ethylene biosynthesis. Aminocyclopropenecarboxylic acid
Abstract
A new time-dependent inhibitor of ethylene biosynthesis, 1-aminocyclopropenecarboxylic acid, has been shown to be an extremely poor substrate for acetylene production as well as a preventative of senescence; the inhibiting species for this cyclopropene analogue of aminocyclopropanecarboxy acid (ACC), is postulated to be an aromatic cyclopropene imine.