Phytochemistry

Detection of an O-methyltransferase synthesising acetosyringone in methyl jasmonate-treated tobacco cell-suspensions cultures

J Negrel, F Javelle, D Wipf

Index: Negrel, Jonathan; Javelle, Francine; Wipf, Daniel Phytochemistry, 2014 , vol. 99, p. 52 - 60

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Abstract

Abstract Acetosyringone (3′, 5′-dimethoxy-4′-hydroxyacetophenone) is a well-known and very effective inducer of the virulence genes of Agrobacterium tumefaciens but the precise pathway of its biosynthesis in plants is still unknown. We have used two tobacco cell lines, cultured in suspension and exhibiting different patterns of accumulation of acetosyringone in their culture medium upon treatment with methyl jasmonate, to study ...