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  • Title: Inhibition of lignin formation by L-alpha-aminooxy-beta-phenylpropionic acid, an inhibitor of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase.
    Author: Amrhein N, Frank G, Lemm G, Luhmann HB.
    Journal: Eur J Cell Biol; 1983 Jan; 29(2):139-44. PubMed ID: 6832164.
    Abstract:
    Mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) seedlings grown for 9 days on filter paper soaked with 0.3 to 1 mM L-alpha-aminooxy-beta-phenylpropionic acid (AOPP), a potent inhibitor of L-phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, had a greatly reduced anthocyanin content, and the cell walls of the xylem vessels did not stain with the phloroglucinol/HCl or safranine/astrablue reagents indicating the absence of lignin-like material. Furthermore, vanillin was detectable in nitro-benzene-oxidized lignin preparations only from control seedlings, but not from AOPP-treated seedlings. Scanning electron microscopy of hypocotyl cross sections revealed collapsed xylem vessels in seedlings grown in the presence of AOPP indicating that lignin is required for resistance against the tensile forces in the conducting cells of the xylem. AOPP enhanced the growth of cultured cells of Lonicera prolifera Rehd. while it inhibited the production of extracellular material that gave a positive reaction with phloroglucinol/HCl.
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